(MUSIC)
COME ON CHURCH, GET UP ON YOUR FEET.
LET ME HEAR YOU GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE.
HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH, LORD, WE WORSHIP YOU.
AND GOD, WE HONOR YOU. WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE THE
MOST HIGH, AND THERE IS NO ONE GREATER AS YOU.
AND WE THANK YOU, YESHUA, THAT YOU HAVE PLACED YOUR
FEET UPON EVERY ENEMY. AND WE LOVE YOU, AND ALL THE
PEOPLE THAT REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY,
REALLY LOVE GOD SAID, AMEN! I THINK THAT WAS GOOD.
THAT WAS GOOD. THAT WAS GOOD. BUT YOU GUYS WERE GREAT.
I HEARD EVERY SECTION. IT WAS ACTUALLY IN STEREO TODAY.
YEAH. I DIDN'T HEAR THIS ONE AGAIN. OH, I DID. I HEARD YOU.
HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING OVER HERE? YOU DOING GOOD?
GOOD. BLESSED. HOW ABOUT THIS SECTION?
AND BOB, WE HAVE SOME E-MEMBERS FROM CANADA.
YES. WELL, THANK YOU. WHERE ARE THEY? WHERE FROM
CANADA ARE THEY FROM? WOW, THAT IS AMAZING. DID YOU DRIVE?
YOU'RE DRIVING, HOW MANY HOURS BACK? 30 HOURS?
WOW. WELL WE PROPHESY GOOD WEATHER FOR YOU.
SO WOW. DEFINITELY. WOW, WELL, CANADA WILL BE SAVED.
SO I'M TELLING YOU, THEY ARE ON GOD'S LIST. SO STAY IN THERE
THIS SECTION, HOW DID YOU THINK YOU DID? FANTASTIC.
OF COURSE, THEY'RE GONNA GIVE THEMSELVES AN A. WELL, THEY
DID GET... HOW ABOUT THIS SECTION? I THINK IT WAS THE
YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS SECTION. THAT'S... HOW ABOUT YOU? DO
YOU THINK YOU DID GOOD? AND UP, HOW ABOUT YOU, YOU,
YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU? I THINK YOU DID GOOD. AWESOME.
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS? YOU READY?
OKAY, FIVE PEOPLE. I KNOW. IS IT THAT YOU NEED TO BE AWAKE
OR WHAT? OKAY, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE READY FOR CHRISTMAS?
NO, WE STILL HAVE PRESENTS TO WRAP. OKAY. HOW MANY OF
YOU HAVE ALL YOUR CHRISTMAS WRAPPING DONE? NO, I DON'T.
WELL, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT. WE ARE. BUT YEAH, WE
WANTED TO ALSO GREET YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. ARE YOU
READY FOR CHRISTMAS? AND IF YOU'RE READY FOR CHRISTMAS,
PUT IT IN THE COMMENTS. IF YOU'RE NOT, THEN JUST SAY
I'M NOT. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M EXCITED FOR CHRISTMAS BECAUSE
WE'RE PART OF A SHIFT CHANGE. AND I BELIEVE THAT.
THAT'S RIGHT. YOU KNOW, CHRISTMAS, BRENDA, WAS ONE OF
THE GREATEST TIMES IN HISTORY THAT THERE WAS A SHIFT AND A
CHANGE. AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS CHRISTMAS IS PART OF
WHAT GOD IS DOING. THAT'S RIGHT, I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.
YEAH, HOW MANY OF YOU, YOU'RE JUST FINALLY PUTTING
YOUR TREE UP, ANYBODY? DECORATIONS UP? A COUPLE,
THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THAT'S FINE, THAT'S OKAY. DO YOU
KEEP IT UP TILL FEBRUARY, OR WHEN DO YOU TAKE IT DOWN?
THAT'S GOOD. I'VE HEARD SOME PEOPLE SAY IT'S THE LIGHT
OF THE WINTER, SO IT'S OKAY. SO LET US KNOW
ALSO, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, IF YOU'RE
JUST NOW PUTTING YOUR DECORATIONS UP, BUT MY
LADY IS AN AMAZING DECORATOR. SO, BRENDA. WHAT?
LET'S SHARE WITH THE WORLD YOUR DECORATIONS.
OH, YOU PUT THOSE OUT. I SURPRISED YOU. LOOK AT THIS.
LOOK AT HOW GOOD SHE DOES. THERE'S THE TREE.
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE GONNA DO THAT.
YEAH, LOOK AT MY TRAIN. SHE GOT ME A GINGERBREAD TRAIN.
BRENDA, LOOK AT, WE CELEBRATE YOU. LOOK AT HOW SHE SPOILS ME.
LOOK AT THAT. I LOVE DECORATING. IT'S MY HOBBY. SHE DOES A GREAT
JOB. KEEP GOING. LOOK AT THAT. DOESN'T SHE DO A GREAT JOB?
AND THAT'S EVERY MORNING I GET TO PICK OUT WHICH
COFFEE CUPS WE'RE GONNA HAVE. I KNOW. LOOK AT THAT.
THOSE NUTCRACKERS WERE A HOBBY LOBBY SALE. LOOK
AT HOW GOOD SHE DOES. I KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF IN STORAGE.
I'M SPOILED. SO HOPEFULLY-- YOU'RE SO SPOILED YOU GET
TO CARRY THE BOXES UP. AND IN THE COMMENTS,
LET PASTOR BRENDA KNOW HOW AWESOME SHE IS. I WANTED
TO SURPRISE YOU. IT'S FUN. THANK YOU. GOOD. I HOPE EVERYBODY
LIKES THAT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, LISTEN, I'VE GOT A CONTINUATION.
I THINK THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST OF THIS SERIES,
BUT WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF TALK MORE ABOUT LOVE.
THIS TIME WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HONOR, BUT WE'RE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT WALKING IN LOVE. AND IT REALLY IS.
LISTEN, IT KIND OF KICKED ME IN SOME AREAS.
YEAH. AND SO IT'S A BIG TOPIC. IT'S A GREAT TOPIC.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT REALLY LOVE AND HONOR
THE FOUNDATION OF REALLY WHAT OUR CHRISTIAN WALK IS.
SO LET SOMEBODY KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A FIRE MESSAGE.
NOW, I DO WANT TO SAY THIS. I USUALLY DON'T ADVERTISE FOR
PEOPLE, BUT IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOME TEMP WORK BEFORE
CHRISTMAS-- I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S LOOKING FOR TEMP WORK.
I DON'T KNOW. THERE IS A THERMOMETER FACTORY THAT I'D
LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT IS HIRING FOR SOME TEMP.
(LAUGHING)
I FOOLED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU ON THAT.
NO, YOU DID NOT. AND YOU KNOW I DID.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU COULDN'T GIVE ME AN HONORABLE MENTION.
YEAH, OK, THAT ONE TOOK US A MINUTE.
THE PUNCHLINE WAS AT THE BEGINNING, RIGHT?
OK, WE'RE GOOD. WE GOT IT. BUT WE DON'T NEED ANY
TEMP WORK. SO OUR FRIENDS FROM CANADA, WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE THIS SERVICE RIGHT ON TO THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF IT NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO PULL THIS OUT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S WORSHIP.
I DO WANT TO SAY ONE THING ABOUT YOUR MESSAGE.
I DO BELIEVE IT'S SO TIMELY. HOW MANY OF YOU DID SEE THE
NEWS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT BROWNS UNIVERSITY?
AND YOU KNOW, THOSE FAMILIES ARE HURTING THIS CHRISTMAS.
BUT THIS IS WHAT OUR CULTURE NEEDS. OUR CULTURE NEEDS AN
INJECTION OF THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST. AND I WANT TO FOLLOW UP
REAL QUICK. AND THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS SEEKING THE
LORD, I SAID, "GOD, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SHARE?"
'CAUSE NEXT SUNDAY IS OUR CHRISTMAS SERVICE.
AND I SAID, "LORD, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SHARE?"
AND I JUST LISTENED FOR A WHILE AND I HEARD HIM SPEAK.
AND HE SAID TO ME, HE SAID, "I WANT YOU TO TALK
ABOUT HOW CHRISTMAS IS CONNECTED TO PRESERVATION."
AND I NEVER SAW IT LIKE THAT. AND SO HE STARTED
SHOWING ME THE DIFFERENT EXAMPLES THAT WE HAVE A
COVENANT WITH GOD OF PRESERVATION. YES, YES.
AND SO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS AND WE'RE
GONNA TALK ABOUT IT. I'M EXCITED. ALL RIGHT,
WELL, ARE YOU EXCITED TO BE IN THE LORD'S HOUSE?
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
IT MIGHT BE JUST A LITTLE BIT CHILLY OUTSIDE,
BUT I BELIEVE THE FIRE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
IS GONNA TOUCH YOU IN THIS ROOM TODAY.
SO IF YOU'RE EXCITED, THROW THOSE HANDS UP TO HEAVEN.
COME ON, INTERNET. JOIN WITH US, SAY THESE WORDS.
SAY, LORD. TOUCH ME AFRESH WITH THE FIRE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
MOVE IN THIS ROOM. TOUCH EVERY HEART, TOUCH EVERY MIND.
AND I GIVE YOU PERMISSION TODAY TO CHANGE ME, TEACH
ME, GROW ME, AND LORD, I PROMISE TODAY TO GIVE YOU,
ARE YOU READY? MY VERY BEST PRAISE. COME ON, LET'S SHOUT
LIKE WE BELIEVE THAT AND PRAISE THE LORD.
(MUSIC)
COME ON, GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE THIS MORNING.
(WORSHIP MUSIC)
COME ON, GIVE HIM GLORY THIS MORNING.
(WORSHIP MUSIC)
GLORY TO GOD. WE GIVE YOU GLORY, LORD.
WE GIVE YOU GLORY. GLORY AND HONOR.
ALL POWER AND DOMINION, ALL POWER AND DOMINION.
GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST. JESUS. COME ON, SAY THE
NAME JESUS. THE NAME THAT IS ABOVE EVERY OTHER NAME. JESUS.
(WORSHIP MUSIC)
WE WORSHIP YOU. COME ON ALL OVER THE WORLD, LET'S WORSHIP HIM.
YESHUA! JESUS! JESUS! JESUS! YOU ARE THE LORD!
WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU, JESUS. JESUS! JESUS,
WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU.
WE WORSHIP YOU, JESUS. JESUS, WE WORSHIP YOU.
WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU.
AND WE DON'T JUST WORSHIP YOU, WE HONOR YOU. KING OF KINGS, THE
LORD OF ALL LORDS, GOD MOST HIGH, EMMANUEL, GOD YOU'RE WITH
US, GOD WHO IS FOR US, OUR TRIUMPHANT GOD, OH HOW WE HONOR
YOU AND HOW WE LOVE YOU. MASTER, SAVIOR, REDEEMER, SON OF THE
LIVING GOD. HOW WE HONOR YOU TODAY. THE CONQUEROR. THE
CONQUEROR. THE CONQUEROR. I FELT LIKE SOME OF YOU IN THIS ROOM
TODAY AND YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, YOU'VE BEEN IN A BATTLE. WHERE
YOU FEEL LIKE THERE IS THINGS ALL AROUND YOU THAT ARE COMING
AGAINST YOU AND YOU FEEL THAT PRESSURE YOU FEEL THAT
OPPRESSION IF THAT'S YOU I WANT YOU TO COME AND JUST STAND DOWN
FRONT HERE I WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU, BUT I WANT TO COME DOWN
WE'RE GONNA PRAY FOR YOU AND I'M GONNA INVITE SOME OF OUR PRAYER
TEAM ONCE THEY COME UP, I'M GONNA HAVE YOU COME AND YOU'RE
GONNA FIND SOMEBODY AND WE'RE GONNA PRAY. WE'RE GONNA PRAY
BOLD. COME ON IF YOU'RE IN SOME KIND OF BATTLE IF YOU'RE IN
SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED GOD TO SHOW UP TO DO TO BRING A VICTORY
INTO YOUR LIFE A BREAKTHROUGH WE'RE GONNA BELIEVE GOD TOGETHER
AMEN JUST LINE THEM UP IN A STRAIGHT LINE COME ON UP THOSE
OF YOU THAT'S YOU THAT ARE WATCHING I WANT YOU TO RAISE
YOUR RIGHT WELL YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND NOW BUT YOU KNOW PUT
ONE OF THOSE LITTLE SYMBOLS DOWN MAYBE I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE
A HAND RAISED OR A HAND SO THAT YOU CAN SAY BY FAITH LORD I COME
INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE PRAYER THAT'S GOING TO BE PRAYED THAT
THINGS ARE GOING TO BEGIN TO SHIFT AND CHANGE HOW MANY
BELIEVE THAT WE'RE IN A SHIFT CHANGE? HOW MANY BELIEVE THAT
THAT'S WHERE GOD IS? HE'S SERIOUS ABOUT THIS. HE HASN'T
CHANGED HIS MIND. SO WE HAVE TO GET INTO AGREEMENT WITH GOD. YOU
KNOW, I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF READING IN THE BOOK OF PROVERBS,
AND YOU KNOW WHAT I FOUND OUT? THAT A LOT OF REASONS WHERE THE
ENEMY COMES IN TO OUR LIFE IS BECAUSE OF WHAT WE SPEAK. WHEN A
THOUGHT COMES, A CHALLENGE COMES, COME ON THOSE OF YOU THAT
ARE WATCHING, THE ENEMY PUTS THOUGHTS IN OUR HEAD, AND THEN
WHAT HE TRIES TO GET US TO DO IS TO COME INTO AGREEMENT WITH
THOSE THOUGHTS OR WHATEVER THE CHALLENGE IS, 'CAUSE ONCE WE
START RELEASING IT OUT OF OUR MOUTHS, THEN IT GIVES ACCESS
EITHER TO GOD TO MOVE OR THE ENEMY. BOTH ENTITIES, GOD AND
THE ENEMY, OPERATE BY WORDS. SO WE'RE GOING TO BELIEVE THAT A
CROP FAILURE IS GOING TO BE UPON ANY NEGATIVE WORD THAT HAS BEEN
SPOKEN. THAT THE ENEMY HAS NO ACCESS. AMEN? NOT FROM THIS
MOMENT FORWARD. NOW, WHAT I WANT TO DO IS I WANT SOME CHRISTIANS
TO COME AND STAND BEHIND HIM. JESUS SAID SOMETHING, WE'RE
GONNA TALK ABOUT LOVE, AND HE SAID, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE ON
THE PRAYER TEAM ESPECIALLY, HE SAID, "THIS IS HOW THE WORLD IS
GONNA KNOW "THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES, BY A DEMONSTRATION OF
LOVE." AND SOMETIMES THE CHRISTMAS SEASON CAN BE ONE OF
THE LONELIEST SEASONS THERE IS. AND SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW
THAT THEY'VE GOT SOMEBODY STANDING WITH THEM AND FOR THEM.
NOW I'M GONNA TAKE MY PHONE OUT FOR THOSE OF YOU AS THEY'RE
GATHERING. AND I WANNA DO THIS, I WANNA REMIND YOU ALSO, I
WANTED THIS TO BE A GOOD TIME. AS THEY'RE COMING, DON'T MISS
NEW YEAR'S EVE SERVICE. AND THAT'LL BE AT, WHAT TIME IS
THAT? 7 P.M. CENTRAL. AND YOU CAN FIGURE OUT IN YOUR TIME ZONE
WHERE THAT'S AT. WE'RE GONNA PRAY FOR EVERYBODY. WE'RE GONNA
PRAY, WE'RE GONNA LAY HANDS ON EVERYBODY WHO WANTS PRAYER THAT
NIGHT. GOD IS GONNA SPEAK. IN FACT, YOU SAY, "WELL, HOW DO YOU
KNOW GOD'S GONNA SPEAK?" BECAUSE I WAS STANDING RIGHT OVER THERE
AND I HEARD THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD SPEAK TO ME. AND IT CAME SO
LOUD, SO STRONG. AND HE SAID, "I WANT YOU TO PROPHESY THIS." AND
I SAID, "NOW?" HE SAID, "NO, THIS IS WHAT MY MESSAGE IS FOR
NEW YEAR'S EVE AND FOR THE SEASON." AND IT KNOCKED ME OFF
MY FEET WHEN I HEARD HIM SAY IT. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.
BECAUSE GOD'S GOT SOMETHING ON HIS HEART. AND HE'S COME WITH A
VENGEANCE AGAINST THE ENEMY. AND I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
GOD ISN'T PLAYING. AMEN? ALRIGHT, ARE YOU READY? I WANT
US TO BEGIN. WE'RE GONNA JUST PRAY IN THE HOLY GHOST FOR A
LITTLE BIT. COME ON. YEAH. THIS IS A CHURCH THAT PRAYS IN
TONGUES. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, YOU BEGIN TO PRAY IN
TONGUES. FATHER, EVERY PERSON THAT IS IN THIS LINE, EVERY
PERSON IN PROXY ON THE PHONE, FATHER, IN THE SOUND OF MY
VOICE, WHEN WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRAY, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE
SPIRIT OF GOD WILL GIVE US UNCTION, WILL GIVE US UTTERANCE
TO KNOW WHAT TO PRAY. FOR HE THAT PRAYS IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE
SPEAKS NOT UNTO MEN, BUT UNTO GOD. SO WE MAKE INTERCESSION FOR
EVERY PERSON NOW IN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
WE CRY OUT FOR THOSE IN THIS ROOM
AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
WE MAKE INTERCESSION IN THE SPIRIT. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
FOR THEIR BREAKTHROUGH, FOR THEIR BREAKTHROUGH, FOR THEIR
BREAKTHROUGH, FOR THEIR BREAKTHROUGH, FOR THEIR
BREAKTHROUGH. IMMEDIATE MANIFESTATIONS IN THEIR BODIES,
IN THEIR HOMES, IN THEIR MARRIAGES, IN THEIR
FAMILY, IN THEIR CHILDREN, IN THEIR LIVES.
WE MAKE INTERCESSION IN THE SPIRIT.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
WE COMMAND IT BREAKS. WE COMMAND IT BREAKS. WE COMMAND IT BREAKS
OFF OF THEM. EVERY DEMONIC ASSIGNMENT,
EVERY INCANTATION, EVERY DEMONIC SPIRIT.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
WE RELEASE THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY GHOST THAT DESTROYS EVERY
YOKE, EVERY ASSIGNMENT, EVERY INCANTATION.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
THE ANOINTING NOT OF MY MIGHT, NOT OF MY POWER, BUT BY THE
SPIRIT OF GOD HIMSELF. BREAK, DESTROY, HOLY GHOST.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
EVERY YOKE, EVERY BURDEN, LET IT BE REMOVED, AS WE RELEASE...
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
WE RELEASE THE VICTORY. WE RELEASE THAT ANOINTING.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
LET THERE BE PEACE. LET THERE BE PEACE. NOTHING MISSING, NOTHING
BROKEN. LET THERE BE A MANIFESTATION OF THE HEALING
POWER OF GOD THAT TOUCHES THEM. LET THERE BE A RELEASE OF JOY
UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY. LET THERE BE A RELEASE.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
A DIVINE SHIFT. A DIVINE SHIFT. A DIVINE SHIFT.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
FATHER, WE'RE CALLING OUT TO YOU IN THE SPIRIT.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
THAT THEY'RE FREE. FREE. FREE. FREE FROM SICKNESS. FREE
FROM A DIAGNOSIS. FREE FROM DISEASE. FREE FROM
INCANTATIONS. NOT THE POWER OF THE DEVIL. WE
TREAD UPON EVERY SERPENT. WE TREAD UPON EVERY SCORPION. WE
TREAD UPON EVERY INCANTATION. EVERY CURSE. EVERY SATANIC
CONTRACT. WE DESTROY IT BY THE FIRE. BY THE FIRE OF GOD.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
THE FIRE OF THE HOLY GHOST.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
THIS DAY, THIS DAY, THIS DAY, THIS DAY, IT MUST OBEY. THIS
DAY, IT MUST COME INTO MANIFESTATION. THE DIVINE SHIFT
OVER THEIR LIFE. MUST COME TODAY, MUST COME TODAY,
MUST COME NOW. MUST COME IN THIS NIGHT.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
MUST TODAY, MUST COME TODAY, MUST COME NOW.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
NOW FATHER, WE COMMISSION, WE ASSIGN THE ANGELS OF THE MOST
HIGH GOD. GO, GO, EXCELLENCE, STRENGTH, HOST. TEAR DOWN,
ANNIHILATE EVERY SATANIC ALTAR, PLOT, PLAN, STRATEGY AND SCHEME.
THAT'S RIGHT. AND BRING THE MANIFESTATION OF THEIR COVENANT
RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. IT'S ENFORCED BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD
THAT STILL SPEAKS, THE BLOOD OF YESHUA. WE SAY FROM THIS MOMENT
FORWARD, TODAY, TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION. TODAY IS THE DAY
THAT THEY SEE EVERY ONE OF THEIR SALVATION RIGHTS MANIFESTED
BECAUSE THE COVENANT HAS BEEN SEALED, RATIFIED THROUGH AND BY
YOUR BLOOD, YESHUA. THESE PEOPLE ARE BLESSED, HEALED, DELIVERED,
SET FREE, AND SET ON A NEW COURSE OF FREEDOM AND LIBERTY
THAT THE ENEMY CANNOT TOUCH THEM. AND I DECREE IT NOW IN THE
NAME OF YESHUA. THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU,
LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. SOME OF YOU NEED TO COME INTO AGREEMENT
WITH THAT AS WELL. I WANT YOU TO SAY IT, SAY, "LORD, I RECEIVE MY
BREAKTHROUGH." COME ON, BRENDA. AND SO THE SPIRIT OF GOD WOULD
SAY THAT EVEN NOW, I AM THE GOD OF NOT THE DISTANT FUTURE, OF
NOT THE GOD THAT DOES THINGS IN THE YEARS AHEAD, BUT I AM THE
GOD THAT WORKS EVEN IN THE NOW. SO BEGIN TO SEE ME AS THE GOD OF
RIGHT NOW, FOR IMMEDIATELY, STRAIGHTWAY, IN THIS MOMENT AND
IN THIS TIME, THE LORD SAYS EVEN IN THIS ROOM AND IN THIS
ATMOSPHERE, I AM SHIFTING SOME THINGS, IF YOU WILL SEE IT,
THROUGH THE EYE OF YOUR FAITH. FOR FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE.
FAITH WILL GIVE YOU THE ASSURANCE. SO THE LORD SAYS IT'S
NOT TIME TO FEAR, EITHER IN YOUR LIFE OR IN WHAT GOES ON IN THE
NATIONS OF THE EARTH, BUT IT IS A TIME NOW TO SEE WHAT I AM
DOING BEHIND THE SCENES. FOR I'M THE GOD THAT WORKS BEHIND THE
SCENES AND I DO THOSE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T ALWAYS SEE. FOR
WAS IT NOT WHEN I HAD TO OPEN THE EYES OF THE PROPHET'S
SERVANT TO SEE THERE WERE MORE THAT WERE FOR THEM THAN THOSE
THAT WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE. FOR I AM THE GOD THAT COMMANDS THE
HOST, AND I AM COMMANDING THE HOST CONCERNING YOU, AND THAT
WHICH HAS TRIED TO COME AGAINST YOU. FOR THE HOSTS ARE AT WORK,
SO SAY NOT FROM YOUR LIPS, "THE MIRACLE IS IN THE FUTURE," BUT
SAY FROM YOUR LIPS, "THE MIRACLE IS RIGHT NOW." HALLELUJAH. COME
ON, SAY IT. SAY, "THE MIRACLE." THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING
AROUND THE WORLD, SAY IT. "THE MIRACLE OVER MY LIFE IS NOW."
NOW. NOW. SHOUT NOW. NOW. AMEN. I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO SEE
SOME THINGS. WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME THINGS. IT'S GOING TO
CHANGE. WHEN I JUST LOOK AT YOU, GOD'S FAVORITE, LET ME TELL YOU
THIS, WITH YOUR SHIRT THERE, LET ME SAY THIS. I SEE LIKE A MAGNET
BEHIND YOU IN THE SPIRIT. IN OTHER WORDS, THINGS ARE TRYING
TO PULL ON YOU, PULL YOU AWAY, PULL YOU THROUGH INFLUENCES,
FRIENDSHIPS AND THINGS THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE A
BREAK FROM. THIS IS THE SEASON NOW, MAKE THE BREAK. MAKE THE
BREAK. MAKE THE BREAK. YEAH, BUT I'M GONNA BE HURT. NO, IT'S
GONNA HURT YOU WORSE IF YOU DON'T MAKE THE BREAK. OKAY,
OKAY. YOU NEED TO DO IT. YOU'RE IN DECISION TIME. AND THAT
MAGNET IS NOT GOING TO PULL YOU IF YOU'LL CHANGE YOUR DECISION.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO WALK INTO A NEW FREEDOM. AND PART OF BEING
GOD'S FAVORITE IS DO WHAT HE SAYS. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE
GOING TO DO. BECAUSE YOUR HEART IS SO GOOD. AND THAT'S WHY
PEOPLE SOMETIMES AREN'T SO GOOD. BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF YOUR GOOD HEART. BUT IT'S CHANGING. BECAUSE YOU
CAME UP HERE AND MADE A DECISION. AND YOU'RE GOING TO
SEE THE FAVOR OF GOD. YOUR SHIRT IS GOING TO BEAR RECORD OF THIS
DAY. AMEN. IT'S GOOD. NOW, HERE'S WHAT I WANT BEFORE WE
MOVE ON. SO SOME OF YOU MAYBE ARE IN THIS LINE OR MAYBE YOU'RE
OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE OR YOU'RE WATCHING. YOU'RE LIKE,
DUDE, WHAT WAS THAT THAT YOU WERE DOING? WAS THAT CHINESE? I
DON'T KNOW. WAS THAT? I DON'T KNOW IF IT SOUNDED CHINESE OR
NOT. IT'S CALLED YOU HEARD THE STRENGTH OF A MAN'S SPIRIT. NOW
DRAWING ATTENTION TO THIS VESSEL, DRAWING ATTENTION TO
WHAT EVERY ONE OF US HAS. YOU HAVE A STRENGTH OF SPIRIT IN
YOU. AND THE BIBLE SAYS IN JUDE VERSE 20, THAT YOU BUILD
YOURSELF UP IN YOUR MOST HOLY FAITH. HOW DO YOU DO IT? BY
DOING WHAT I JUST DID, PRAYING IN TONGUES. AND YOU DON'T NEED
AN INTERPRETATION 'CAUSE IT WASN'T A MESSAGE FROM GOD. IF
THERE'S A MESSAGE FROM GOD, THEN ACCORDING TO 1 CORINTHIANS 14,
IT WOULD REQUIRE THEN AN INTERPRETATION. BUT IF IT'S
1 CORINTHIANS 14:3, WHERE YOU'RE SPEAKING TO GOD OR ROMANS 8,
AN INTERCESSION TO GOD IN TONGUES, YOU DON'T NEED AN
INTERPRETATION. BUT GOD WILL GIVE YOU MANY TIMES AN
UNDERSTANDING OR REVELATION OF WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE PRAYING.
I HEARD KEPT COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH. WHAT WAS IT? SOMETHING
ABOUT TODAY. HOW MANY HEARD THAT? IT KEPT COMING OUT IN MY
TONGUES. BECAUSE GOD WAS SAYING TODAY, YOU NEED TO EXPECT IT
TODAY, TODAY. BUT HERE'S THE THING I WANT TO KNOW. IF YOU'RE
IN THIS LINE, OR YOU'RE WATCHING IT, YOU'VE NEVER BEEN FILLED
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. WITH THE EVIDENCE OF SPEAKING IN TONGUES.
YOU CAN TODAY. AND I'M TELLING YOU, SINCE I GOT FILLED WITH THE
HOLY SPIRIT TWO WEEKS INTO MY SALVATION IN 1984, I HAVE NEVER
BEEN THE SAME. AND I PRAY IN TONGUES ALL THE TIME. THAT'S HOW
YOU GET STRONG. SO IF YOU'RE IN THIS LINE, AND YOU'RE LIKE, HEY
PREACHER, YOU KNOW WHAT? AND YOUR TONGUES WON'T SOUND LIKE
MINE, MINE WON'T SOUND LIKE YOURS. BUT IF YOU'RE HERE AND
YOU'RE LIKE, HEY MAN, I WANT TO BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
JESUS SAID IT. ACTS 1, HE SAID, YOU'LL BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY
SPIRIT, YOU'LL RECEIVE POWER. THEN THE NEXT CHAPTER, ACTS 2,
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHEN THE DAY OF PENTECOST HAD COME, THEY WERE
GATHERED TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE AND SUDDENLY THERE CAME A SOUND
FROM HEAVEN. AND IT WAS THE HOLY SPIRIT. HE WAS RUSHING. YOU KNOW
WHY HE WAS RUSHING? HE COULDN'T WAIT TO BE INSIDE OF MAN. HE HAD
BEEN GOD IN A BOX, GOD IN A TABERNACLE IN THE WILDERNESS,
GOD IN SOLOMON'S TEMPLE. HE WANTED TO DWELL IN MAN LIKE HE
DID IN THE DAYS OF ADAM. SO IF YOU'D LIKE THAT TODAY, NOBODY'S
GONNA FORCE YOU. BUT I WANT YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND. COME ON.
THIS IS THE DAY OF BOLDNESS, RIGHT? WE'RE SEEING THAT IN OUR
CULTURE. YOU WANT TO BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. I'M GONNA
HAVE PASTOR BRENDA COME. SHE'S GREAT AT INSTRUCTING. RAISE YOUR
HAND. I THINK THERE'S AT LEAST TWO IN THIS LINE. I COULD FEEL
IT. TWO IN THIS LINE. YOU NEED TO BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY
SPIRIT. YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING IT OFF, YOU'D LIKE THAT. RAISE YOUR
HAND, JUST BE BOLD. OH, THERE'S ONE, GOD'S FAVORITE. YOU NEED TO
REALLY PUT ON YOUR SHIRT, GOD'S FAVORITE AFTER PASTOR HANK.
BECAUSE I THINK I MIGHT BE AHEAD OF YOU, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE
MEAN, I DON'T KNOW YOU, BUT I JUST WANT TO SET THE RECORD
STRAIGHT. ALRIGHT, SO THERE'S ONE. ANYBODY ELSE? CAN I GET
SOMEBODY TO GET BY HER THAT COULD PRAY? WHERE'S THE OTHER
PERSON? THERE'S ANOTHER ONE RIGHT THERE. HOW YOU DOING, MAN?
IS THAT AMERICAN FLAG? LOOK AT YOUR SWAG, MAN. WHAT'S THIS? HI,
WHAT'S YOUR NAME? OH MY, NICE TO MEET YOU. I LIKE YOUR SWEAT. ARE
WE THE SAME SIZE? I WEAR EM. YOU KNOW WHAT EM IS? EXTRA-MUSCULAR.
EXTRA-MUSCULAR. OKAY, THERE'S THE TWO, BUT IS THERE ANYBODY
ELSE IN THE LINE? I MEAN, IF THERE'S ANOTHER PERSON, THAT'S
OKAY. I FELT THERE WAS AT LEAST TWO, GOD'S FAVORITE AND GOD'S
AMERICAN FLAG MAN. YOU WEAR THAT REALLY GOOD. YOU ALMOST COULD
MODEL THAT OR SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW. WE HAVE THE SAME
BUILD, I NOTICED THAT. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. WHERE'D YOU GET THAT?
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU GOT IT FROM? OH, ONLINE. ONLINE, THAT'S
WHAT I FIGURED, ONLINE. BRENDA, WHERE DID YOU GET ME? IT'S
ONLINE. ONLINE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, PASTOR BRENDA, GO FOR IT. AND
DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING RIGHT
THERE. YES, ABSOLUTELY. WELL, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE AND
ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING IS KNOW SO THAT YOU HAVE THE CONFIDENCE
THAT YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD. SO I WANT YOU TO PRAY THIS PRAYER
OUT LOUD, AND EVERYBODY WILL PRAY IT WITH YOU AND YOU ONLINE.
SAY THIS, SAY, "HEAVENLY FATHER, I THANK YOU THAT JESUS DIED FOR
ME, AND I INVITE HIM IN MY HEART. LORD, FORGIVE ME OF ALL
MY SINS. THE PAST IS OVER TODAY, AND I COMMIT MY LIFE TO YOU IN A
FRESH WAY. JESUS, I MAKE YOU THE LORD ON THE THRONE OF MY HEART.
AND I THANK YOU NOW THE PROMISE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BELONGS TO
ME. HOLY SPIRIT, FILL ME, BAPTIZE ME, AND I EXPECT TO
SPEAK IN OTHER TONGUES, JUST LIKE THEY DID IN THE BOOK OF
ACTS. NOW I WANT YOU TO BEGIN TO MOVE YOUR MOUTH. DON'T SAY
ANYTHING IN YOUR NATURAL LANGUAGE. JUST BEGIN TO OPEN
YOUR MOUTH. YOU CAN'T PRAY IN TONGUES WITH
YOUR MOUTH CLOSED. SO ALL OF YOU HERE AND
ONLINE, LET'S BEGIN TO PRAY IN THE SPIRIT.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
BEGIN TO JUST MOVE YOUR MOUTH. IF YOU
JUST WANT TO MAKE SOUNDS, THAT'S OKAY.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
BEGIN TO MOVE YOUR TONGUE.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
MOVE YOUR TONGUE.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
MOVE YOUR MOUTH, MOVE YOUR TONGUE.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
COME ON, IT'S THAT SIMPLE. EVEN IF IT'S
JUST A SYLLABLE OR A SOUND, THAT'S OKAY.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
THOSE OF YOU ONLINE THAT MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN STRUGGLING, I WOULD
ENCOURAGE YOU IN THIS ATMOSPHERE OF THE ANOINTING, BEGIN TO JUST
MOVE YOUR MOUTH, JUST BEGIN TO MOVE YOUR TONGUE. IF YOUR LIPS
JUST WANNA STAMMER, IT SOUNDS LIKE A STUTTER, THAT'S
OKAY. THE BIBLE SAYS IN ISAIAH THAT WITH A
STAMMERING LIP, GOD WILL SPEAK TO HIS PEOPLE.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
SOME OF YOU NEED A REFRESHING OF THE BAPTISM
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. I ENCOURAGE YOU, COME ON.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
COME ON, AS THESE ARE BEING FILLED AND THEY'RE
BEGINNING TO PRAY IN TONGUES FOR THE FIRST TIME, FOR
THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, THE REST OF YOU, YOU ARE MAKING INTERCESSION
FOR CIRCUMSTANCES, SITUATIONS, COME ON.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH. COME ON, LET'S GIVE GOD A PRAISE FOR
THESE THAT ARE BEING FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. NOW, SO WE CAN
MOVE THE SERVICE ALONG, JANET, I WANT YOU TO ENCOURAGE HER, LET'S
ENCOURAGE THE GENTLEMAN WITH THE PATRIOTIC SWEATER AND GIVE THEM
SOME MATERIAL AND HELP THEM SO THAT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PRAY IN
TONGUES ANYTIME YOU WANT TO. IT DOESN'T JUST HAVE TO BE AN
ENVIRONMENT LIKE THIS. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU, PRAY OFTEN IN THE
HOLY SPIRIT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THE MORE YOU DO IT, THE MORE
PROFICIENT YOU'LL BECOME. AMEN? ALL RIGHT, GIVE THEM ONE MORE
HAND AS THEY GO BACK TO THEIR SEATS. AND ALL OF THOSE THAT
CAME UP TODAY TO RECEIVE PRAYER, WELL, LET'S DO THIS. STAND UP ON
YOUR FEET. DON'T GET COMFORTABLE YET. OKAY, PASTORS GETTING TO
PREACH, GETTING READY TO PREACH ON THE LOVE OF JESUS. AND SO I
ENCOURAGE YOU, TURN AROUND TO TWO OR THREE PEOPLE, SHOW THEM
THE LOVE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. TELL THEM, I'M SO GLAD
I'M IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. INTERNET, LET'S DO SOMETHING
SPECIAL. YOU SHOW SOME LOVE ONLINE. WE NEED A LOT MORE OF
THAT IN THIS DAY AND AGE. SHOW SOME PEOPLE SOME
LOVE, THE LOVE OF JESUS. LOVE ON ONE ANOTHER
IN THE HOUSE OF GOD, IN JESUS' NAME.
(MUSIC)
WELL, GOOD MORNING. OH, THAT WAS REALLY WEAK. GOOD MORNING. OH,
THERE YOU ARE. WELL, IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME IN THE BUILDING,
WE WANT TO MAKE YOU FEEL WELCOME. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE
SURE YOU RECEIVED A BLUE GIFT BAG WHEN YOU CAME INSIDE THE
DOOR. IF YOU DID NOT, WAVE YOUR HAND AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE
THOSE AVAILABLE FOR YOU, BECAUSE INSIDE THE BLUE GIFT BAG,
THERE'S LOTS OF GOODIES WE'VE TUCKED IN THERE FOR YOU, AS WELL
AS A GUEST REGISTRY PACKET. IT HAS A PICTURE OF THE STAGE ON
THE FRONT OF IT. SO IF YOU WOULD PULL THAT OUT AT THIS TIME, AND
INSIDE THERE, THERE'S SOME INFORMATION WE WANNA SEND HOME
WITH YOU, AS WELL AS A BRIGHT ORANGE STAY CONNECTED CARD ON
THE LEFTHAND SIDE. GO AHEAD AND TEAR THAT OFF. FILL IT OUT, DROP
IT IN THE OFFERING BASKET WHEN IT COMES BY IN JUST A FEW
MOMENTS. WE JUST WANNA SEND YOU A THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US
THIS MORNING, AND MAKE SURE YOU STAY CONNECTED WITH EVERYTHING
WE HAVE GOING ON HERE AT THE CHURCH. IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY
LIVE STREAM, FACEBOOK LIVE, ROKU, YOUTUBE, ONE VOICE TV, WE
WANNA WELCOME YOU TO THE SERVICE AS WELL. YOU SAY, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT ONE VOICE TV IS, GO TO ONEVOICETV.NET. YOU CAN ALSO
DOWNLOAD THE ONE VOICE TV APP TO YOUR DEVICES. IT'S OUR STREAMING
PLATFORM. YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO WATCH SERVICES LIVE, ARCHIVED,
CHAT WITH PEOPLE OUT THERE ON THE APP OR ONLINE ON
ONEVOICETV.NET. YOU CAN CHAT WITH PEOPLE OUT THERE AS A
COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING LORD OF HOSTS ONLINE.
SO PLEASE GET OUT THERE, BE BLESSED BY THAT. THERE'S SOME
OTHER GREAT CONTENT OUT THERE FOR YOU. GET REAL WITH HANK,
DAILY DECREE, GAME CHANGERS, INSIGHT WITH PASTOR JAMES WARD.
THERE'S MANY, MANY MORE. SO GO OUT THERE, WATCH ALL THAT GOOD
CONTENT. WE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE FOR YOU, AND WE'LL
BE ADDING MORE AND MORE PROGRAMS AS WE GO ALONG TOO, SO YOU CAN
GET MORE AND MORE BLESSED EVERY WEEK, AMEN? AMEN, WELL,
YESTERDAY WE HAD A VERY SPECIAL ANNUAL EVENT THAT THE CHILDREN'S
DEPARTMENT PUTS ON CALLED THE CANDY CANE FESTIVAL. HOW MANY OF
YOUR KIDS ATTENDED THE CANDY CANE FESTIVAL? A FEW OF YOU IN
HERE. IF YOU DID NOT, YOU'RE GONNA WANNA TELL 'EM TO JOIN
NEXT YEAR. AND JUST TO SHOW YOU WHY, WATCH THIS.
(MUSIC)
ALL RIGHT. GOOD, I LOVE OUR CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT. YOU GUYS
ARE AMAZING. GIVE THEM AN AMAZING HAND. ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.
THEY ALWAYS SEND A LITTLE REPORT TO THE PASTORAL STAFF ON STUFF
THAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE CHILDREN'S AND I NEVER CEASE TO
BE AMAZED AT ALL OF THE AMAZING THINGS YOU GUYS DO. JUST IN ALL
OF OUR GROUPS AND DEPARTMENTS, IT'S AWESOME. AMEN. ALL RIGHT,
JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS. PASTOR DODJI, REMIND ME, DO YOU
HAVE A TRUCK OUT THERE TODAY? THERE IS A TRUCK OUT THERE FOR
THE DIAPERS. AND CAN PEOPLE STILL SEW INTO THAT THROUGHOUT
THIS WEEK? ARE YOU DISTRIBUTING? BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS USE THESE
THINGS, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE DOING A SPECIAL DIAPER DRIVE TO HELP,
AND THERE'S A QR CODE THERE. AND IT'S CHRISTMAS, AND I JUST THINK
THIS IS A PERFECT TIME. THE BIBLE SAYS IN PROVERBS, IT SAYS
THAT HE THAT GIVES TO THE POOR LENDS TO THE LORD. WE'RE GOING
TO BE TALKING ABOUT INVESTING IN OFFERINGS, AND I JUST THINK THIS
IS A PERFECT TIMING. SO ALL THAT INFORMATION IS OUT THERE. BE
SURE TO HELP AND ADOPT A FAMILY FOR CHRISTMAS. AND I THINK YOU
GUYS ARE DOING DISTRIBUTIONS ALL THIS WEEK, RIGHT? STARTING
TOMORROW. AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUSY. PASTOR CHELSEA AND
PASTOR DODJI REMINDED ME THAT THEY WILL NOT BE HERE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. THEY'LL BE GIVING STUFF AWAY. AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR
WHAT YOU DO FOR THE KINGDOM OF THE LORD. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. AND
THEN GAME CHANGERS REMINDED ME, PASTOR MATT REMINDED ME UP THERE
THAT THEY HAVE A CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS FRIDAY AT SEVEN. I GOT THE
TIMING RIGHT, FRIDAY AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. AND SO GAME CHANGERS
COME BE PART OF THAT. A LOT OF HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES GOING ON ALL
AROUND THE CHURCH AND JUST, YOU KNOW, BE PART OF THOSE THINGS.
IT'S JUST A TON OF FUN. AND I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, PASTOR
ALREADY SAID IT, OF COURSE, THIS WEDNESDAY, PROPHETIC PULSE WILL
BE DOING KIND OF A RECAP OF THE YEAR, THINGS THAT GOD HAS BEEN
SAYING. AND DOING AND BY THE WAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE ABOUT
PROPHETIC PULSE? IT'S JUST A REMINDER. THERE IS A LOT OF
ENCOURAGING THINGS HAPPENING. DON'T JUST LET THE NEWS BE YOUR
VOICE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S FOCUS ON THE THINGS GOD IS DOING. OH,
SORRY ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS ME OR SOMETHING
ELSE. BUT LET'S JUST BE REMINDED OF WHAT GOD IS DOING THAT'S
POSITIVE. IT'S AMAZING. IT'S AWESOME. AND SO BE STRENGTHENED
AND ENCOURAGED. AND THEN NEXT SUNDAY IS OUR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS
SERVICE. AND IT'LL BE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SERVICES YOU'VE
EVER BEEN TO. SO DON'T LET WEATHER KEEP YOU. I THINK IT'S
SUPPOSED TO BE PRETTY NICE THIS WEEK. A LITTLE CHILLY THIS
MORNING, PROBABLY KEPT A FEW PEOPLE INDOORS, BUT NEXT WEEK'S
GOING TO BE AWESOME. SO BE HERE. IT'LL BE ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING
EXPERIENCES YOU'VE HAD. BY THE WAY, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE
ENJOYED THE CHRISTMAS DECOR ALL AROUND THE BUILDING? I TOLD
PASTOR MARK, I SAID, OK, IT'S A DEAL. NEXT YEAR, WE'VE GOT TO
PUT IT UP SOONER. NOT THAT YOU PUT IT UP. I ALWAYS HAD IT GOING
AFTER THANKSGIVING. BUT I JUST SAY, WE PUT IT UP IN NOVEMBER.
LET'S GO. IT'S TOO NICE. I DON'T LIKE IT TO BE SO SHORT. SO
THAT'S ON ME. BUT NEXT YEAR, JUST GET READY. IT'S GOING TO BE
EVEN BETTER. AND THEN, OF COURSE, PASTOR MENTIONED NEW
YEAR'S EVE IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND WE ARE GONNA BE
PRAYING OVER PEOPLE. YOU HEARD WHAT PASTOR SAID, DON'T MISS
THAT. IT'S GONNA BE JUST A POWERFUL PROPHETIC NIGHT AND YOU
STILL HAVE TIME, THOSE OF YOU, TO GET IN YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS.
GO TO HANKANDBRENDA.ORG. RIGHT NOW THE MAIL JUST SEEMS TO BE
SLOW, SO YOU CAN MAIL IT AND WE DO APPRECIATE IT, BUT HURRY. I'D
GET IT OUT NOW OR THIS WEEK FOR SURE. AND THEN WE WILL PUT ALL
THOSE PRAYER REQUESTS UP HERE ON THE PLATFORM IF YOU DO EMAIL
IT OR GO TO THE WEBSITE CONTACT, WE WILL, WHERE
IT SAYS YOU CAN SUBMIT PRAYER, WE WILL LAY IT UP
HERE AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE PRAYING OVER THE OIL AND
THEN EVERYBODY IN PERSON WILL BE ANOINTING YOU
WITH OIL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD FOR THE NEW YEAR. AND WE NEVER
KNOW WHAT GOD IS GOING TO DO DURING THE NEW YEAR'S EVE
SERVICE. SO JUST COME PROPHETICALLY READY, COME
READY TO RECEIVE, PREPARE YOURSELF, PREPARE YOUR HEART,
AND LET'S WELCOME IN THE NEW YEAR THE RIGHT WAY.
AMEN? ALL RIGHT, PRAISE THE LORD. WELL, LET'S GET
INTO TODAY'S OFFERING. I'M GONNA GET PASTOR UP TO PREACH. AND
LAST WEEK I TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT THE RICH YOUNG RULER AND THE BIG
STORY OF THE RICH YOUNG RULER, I'LL JUST BE VERY KIND OF
SUMMARIZED FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, WAS THAT HE HAD MADE A LOT OF
EFFORT. HE HAD SPENT HIS WHOLE LIFE INVESTING IN THE NATURAL.
NOW WE HEAR, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL PLANNERS, AND THEY TALK ABOUT
WEALTH MANAGEMENT, WE'RE TAUGHT TO SAVE OUR MONEY. MANY OF US,
OR YOU, OR THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING TO ME TODAY, SOME OF
YOU ONLINE, YOU'RE AT THE BEGINNING OF A NEW YEAR. OUT
THIS YEAR AND YOU'RE BEGINNING NEXT YEAR AND YOU'RE THINKING,
"OKAY, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN I DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY?
HOW CAN I SAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, INVEST A LITTLE BIT
BETTER?" AND SO WE HEAR SO MUCH ABOUT WEALTH MANAGEMENT,
PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, DON'T WE? WE HEAR IT IN THE NATURAL,
YOU KNOW, HAVE YOUR INSURANCE POLICIES IN PLACE, HAVE YOUR
WILL READY, MANAGE YOUR WEALTH, HOW YOU CAN INVEST STOCKS,
BONDS, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO TO GROW OUR
WEALTH. WELL, I'LL JUST TELL YOU, IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT
GOD WANTS YOU WEALTHY, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TEACHING THAT,
YOU KNOW, GOD DOESN'T WANT YOU TO GROW ANY WEALTH OR HAVE
ANYTHING OR SOMEHOW HAVING RICHES IS EQUATED WITH
WORLDLINESS. WELL, THEN DON'T BELIEVE IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE
THAT GOD WANTS TO PROSPER YOU, THEN BELIEVE THAT YOUR BUSINESS
IS GOING TO DECLINE NEXT YEAR. RIGHT? BECAUSE WHY BELIEVE FOR
AN EXPANSION IF YOU THINK GOD WANTS EVERYBODY POOR? OKAY, THAT
DOESN'T EVEN MAKE GOOD SENSE, DOES IT? NO, IT DOESN'T MAKE
GOOD SENSE, BUT YOU HEAR A LOT OF TEACHING ALONG THOSE LINES. I
ALWAYS SAY IF YOU DON'T THINK GOD WANTS TO PROSPER THEN DON'T
ACCEPT THE NEXT TIME YOUR EMPLOYER GIVES YOU A RAISE.
DECLINE THE BONUS. SAY, "OH, NO, I'M NOT WORTHY. GOD DOESN'T WANT
ME TO HAVE THOSE THINGS." NO, WE GOT TO READ THE BIBLE FOR THE
BIBLE. THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT COVETOUSNESS, OKAY, BUT IT
DOESN'T SAY THAT YOU CANNOT HAVE WEALTH. "WELL, YEAH, BUT PASTOR
BRENDA, THE RICH YOUNG RULER, HE HAD A LOT OF THINGS." NO, HIS
PROBLEM WAS, IS HE DIDN'T, WATCH THIS, HE INVESTED ONLY IN THE
NATURAL, WHICH IS WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, AND WAS NOT
INVESTING IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD. OKAY, JESUS KNEW THE SCRIPTURE
AND PROVERBS THAT SAYS, WHEN I QUOTED EARLIER, "IF YOU GIVE TO
THE POOR, YOU LEND." COME ON, WHAT DOES THE WORD LEND MEAN? IT
MEANS IT'S A TEMPORARY GIFT, BUT IT'LL COME BACK TO YOU, RIGHT?
ISN'T THAT, IS THAT THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORD LEND?
HE THAT GIVES TO THE POOR LENDS TO THE LORD, AND THEN IT SAYS
GOD WILL REPAY HIM BACK. SO THE PROBLEM WITH THE RICH YOUNG
RULER, IN FACT, IT WAS SOME, EVEN PETER AND THE DISCIPLES
TURNED TO JESUS AND SAID, "WELL, LORD, IF IT'S HARD FOR A RICH
PERSON TO ENTER THE KINGDOM, THEN WHO CAN BE SAVED?" I WOULD
JUST SAY, "WELL, THEY MUST HAVE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT THEIR OWN
WEALTH MANAGEMENT. IF THEY WERE SO BROKE, WHY WOULD THEY CARE OR
MAKE THAT STATEMENT?" AMEN. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING
THAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT. AND OF COURSE, SO JESUS SAYS, "WELL, IT
MIGHT BE IMPOSSIBLE WITH MAN, BUT ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH
GOD." HE WAS SAYING THAT THERE SHOULD BE WEALTHY PEOPLE. COME
ON, DON'T JUST ACCEPT POVERTY AS NORMAL. THERE SHOULD BE WEALTHY
PEOPLE AND UNLIKE THE RICH YOUNG RULER WHO INVEST IN THE KINGDOM
OF GOD. NOW, LET ME SAY THIS. GO TO 2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 9, AND
WE READ THIS A LOT, BUT I WANNA PULL A COUPLE THINGS OUT OF IT
TODAY. I JUST SAID WHAT I SAID JUST NOW TO KIND OF SET THE TONE
FOR THIS. 2 CORINTHIANS 9:6. I WANT YOU TO SEE THIS IN LIGHT OF
INVESTMENT. HOW MANY OF YOU AND YOU CAN SHOW YOUR HAND HAVE DONE
SOME NATURAL INVESTING IN SOMETHING? OKAY, YOU'VE EITHER
INVESTED IN STOCKS, OR YOU'VE INVESTED IN WEALTH OR YOUR IRA
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU'VE INVESTED IN THE NATURAL. IF I
GAVE THAT POLL ALL AROUND THE WORLD, MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY
THEY HAVE DONE NATURAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT OR INVESTING. BUT GOD
HAS AN INVESTMENT PROGRAM. AMEN. AND GOD HAS DIVIDENDS. ARE YOU
READY? LOOK AT WHAT THE WORD SAYS. BUT THIS I SAY, "HE WHICH
SOWS," YOU COULD SAY IT LIKE THIS, "INVESTS." OKAY, SOWING IS
A FORM OF INVESTING. FARMERS INVEST IN THEIR CROPS BY SOWING,
RIGHT? HE THAT INVESTS SPARINGLY SHALL REAP IT SPARINGLY. OKAY,
YOU KNOW GOOD AND WELL IF YOUR EMPLOYER HAS A PROGRAM, IF YOUR
EMPLOYER HAS A PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN INVEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT,
THEN, AND THEY'LL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, WE'LL MATCH 1%. HOW MANY
OF YOU HAVE EMPLOYERS THAT DO THAT? THEY'LL MATCH A CERTAIN
PERCENTAGE OF WHATEVER YOU INVEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT. WELL,
IF THEY SAY YOU COULD GIVE 1% OR 2%, MOST PEOPLE WANT TO GIVE THE
2% 'CAUSE THEY WANT THE 2% MATCH, RIGHT? OKAY, THAT'S
CALLED NATURAL INVESTING. OKAY, BUT GOD SAID, "IF YOU'LL INVEST
THE EXTRA IN SPIRITUAL THINGS, YOU'LL REAP ACCORDING TO
WHATEVER YOU INVEST." IS THAT NOT WHAT THAT VERSE IS SAYING?
NOW, LOOK WHAT HE GOES ON TO SAY. SEE, I THINK WE NEED TO
CLAIM THE DIVIDENDS THAT COME TO US. PEOPLE SAY, "I'VE HEARD IT
FOR YEARS, "YOU CANNOT GIVE TO GET." WELL, THAT'S NOT THE
HEART, WE DON'T GIVE TO GET, BUT WE GIVE TO TRUST, COME ON, WHAT
GOD HAS SAID. NOW, YOU'RE GONNA FIND FROM THIS THAT WHEN YOU
INVEST IN GOD'S SYSTEM, IT DOESN'T JUST COME BACK IN
FINANCIAL DIVIDENDS, IT SPREADS TO OTHER AREAS. IT'LL SPREAD TO
YOUR HEALTH. COME ON, IT'LL SPREAD TO YOUR SOUNDNESS OF
MIND. IT'LL SPREAD TO PROTECTION. HE THAT INVESTS
SPARINGLY WILL REAP SPARINGLY. SEE, I'M PREACHING SO THAT YOU
CAN START 2026 ON THE RIGHT FOOT. BUT HE THAT SOWS
BOUNTIFULLY, OR HE THAT SOWS BOUNTIFULLY, SHALL ALSO RECEIVE,
OR HE THAT INVESTS BOUNTIFULLY, SHALL RECEIVE A DIVIDEND THAT'S
BOUNTIFUL. EVERY MAN ACCORDING AS HE DETERMINES, OR WHATEVER IS
BOUNTIFUL TO YOU, OKAY? WHAT'S BOUNTIFUL TO THE ONE PERSON MAY
NOT BE BOUNTIFUL TO SOMEBODY ELSE. LET HIM DECIDE IN HIS
HEART WHAT TO GIVE, NOT WITH A GRUDGINGNESS OR OF NECESSITY,
NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE FORCED TO, NO, BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT WORKS.
OKAY, JESUS WITH THE WOMAN WHO GAVE THE LAST TWO COINS THAT SHE
HAD, YOU KNOW, HE NEVER TURNED AROUND TO HER AND SAID, YOU POOR
LADY, JUST GO PUT THOSE COINS TO GOOD USE. WE'LL RELY ON SOME
WEALTHIER PEOPLE TO FOR THE TREASURY OF THE KINGDOM. NO, HE
KNOWS THAT GOD, IF YOU INVEST IN GOD AND HIS SYSTEM, YOU GET A
BETTER DIVIDEND. AND GUESS WHAT? THE DIVIDENDS WE GET ON THIS
EARTH IN THE NATURAL, DON'T FOLLOW US TO HEAVEN IN THE
NATURAL. BUT WHAT YOU INVEST IN THE KINGDOM GOES ALL THE WAY UP
TO HEAVEN. HALLELUJAH! IT'S A ETERNAL INVESTMENT. NOW LET ME
READ THE REST SO WE CAN GET PASTOR UP HERE. THIS IS SO GOOD
I COULD PREACH A WHOLE MESSAGE ON IT NOT GRUDGINGLY OR OUT OF
REQUIREMENT FOR GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER HE LOVES SOMEBODY
THAT'S EXCITED BECAUSE IF YOU'RE EXCITED WHEN YOU DO IT, YOU'LL
HAVE FAITH TO RECEIVE THE DIVIDENDS AND GOD NOW HERE'S THE
PART I WANT YOU TO SEE. GOD IS ABLE TO MAKE ALL GRACE ABOUND
TOWARDS YOU THAT YOU, YES, WILL ALWAYS, SOMEBODY SAY ALWAYS,
HAVE ALL SUFFICIENCY. COME ON, ALL SUFFICIENCY. SOME OF YOU IN
THE ROOM TODAY NEED TO SAY I'VE GOT TITHES, I'VE GOT SEED, I'VE
GOT INVESTMENTS IN THE KINGDOM. AND NOW I'M CALLING BACK THAT
ALL SUFFICIENCY PROMISE. ALL SUFFICIENCY. NOW HERE'S THE PART
I WANT YOU TO SEE. IT'S NOT JUST FINANCIAL, ALL SUFFICIENCY IN
FINANCIAL THINGS. DID IT SAY THAT? NO, IT SAID ALL
SUFFICIENCY IN WHAT? ALL THINGS. COME ON, SOME OF YOU CAME IN THE
LINE TODAY FOR A BREAKTHROUGH IN SOME AREA. DO YOU KNOW YOUR
FINANCIAL GIVING WILL PRECEDE YOU? AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE
SUFFICIENT SEED IN THE GROUND, GET IT FIXED TODAY. DO
SOMETHING. ALL SUFFICIENCY IN ALL THINGS SO THAT YOU MIGHT
ABOUND TO EVERY GOOD WORK. HUH. OH MAN, SO MUCH I COULD SAY
THERE. FOR IT'S WRITTEN THAT HE HATH DISPERSED ABROAD. THAT'S
TALKING ABOUT YOU. YOU'VE GIVEN. OKAY. YOU'VE GIVEN TO THE POOR.
WHAT DID WE JUST READ? PROVERBS 19:17 HE THAT GIVES TO THE POOR
LENDS TO THE LORD THE LORD WILL REPAY HIM AGAIN SO IF YOU GAVE
DIAPERS THIS WEEK, YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR DIAPERS TO COME BACK
RIGHT, BUT YOU'RE SOWING KNOW THAT IF YOU LEND TO THE LORD GOD
WILL TAKE CARE OF SOME AREA FOR YOU AND HE WILL MULTIPLY
SOMEBODY SHOUT MULTIPLY. HE WILL MULTIPLY. OH, I'M SORRY. I
SKIPPED THAT PART. HE HAS GIVEN TO THE POOR AND HIS
RIGHTEOUSNESS. HERE'S THE ETERNAL PEACE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS
WILL AND REMAIN FOREVER. IN OTHER WORDS, YOUR SEED WILL LAST
ETERNALLY NOW HE THAT MINISTERS SEED TO THE SOWER BOTH MINISTERS
BREAD FOR YOUR FOOD AND WILL MULTIPLY SOMEBODY SHALL MULTIPLY
YOUR SEED SO THAT NEEDS TO BE OUR FAITH THIS YEAR AND INCREASE
THE FRUITS OF YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS BEING ENRICHED IN EVERYTHING
COME ON NOT A FEW THINGS NOT JUST IN YOUR FINANCES BUT IN
EVERYTHING AND IT WILL CAUSE US TO GET TO HAVE THANKSGIVING TO
GOD. THAT WORD ENRICHED BY THE WAY IS THEY PUT THE GIVING
INFORMATION UP MEANS TO MAKE WEALTHY. IMAGINE IF YOU WOULD BE
WELL PASTOR BRENDA I ONLY MAKE X AMOUNT A YEAR I'M NOT EVEN ON
THE SIX FIGURES SINCE WHEN IS GOD'S SYSTEM SUBJECT TO YOUR
SALARY? AMEN. PEOPLE PLAY THE LOTTERY EVERY SINGLE DAY
BELIEVING FOR A BREAKTHROUGH OUTSIDE THEIR SALARY. IMAGINE IF
YOU PUT THAT TO GOD. AMEN. I'VE SEEN GOD DO REMARKABLE THINGS. I
MEAN THERE WERE TIMES WE WERE THE WIDOW, LIKE THE WIDOW GIVING
THE TWO MITES. AND I SAW A BREAKTHROUGH AND I'M STILL
SEEING IT. I'M TELLING YOU GOD'S SYSTEM WORKS. AMEN. AMEN. SO
INVEST IN THE KINGDOM THIS YEAR. AND IF YOU INVESTED LAST YEAR,
INVEST MORE BECAUSE GOD WILL BRING A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST. MOST
PEOPLE, IF THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS A MILLION DOLLARS ATTACHED
TO THEIR TITHE, THEY WOULD TITHE WITHOUT FAIL. WELL, HOW DO YOU
KNOW THERE ISN'T? THINK ABOUT IT. GOD'S SYSTEM ALWAYS WORKS.
ALL RIGHT, GIVING INFORMATION IS UP ON THE SCREEN. ALL THE
DIFFERENT WAYS TO GIVE, MOBILE APP, TEXT TO GIVE, THE WEBSITE.
THANK YOU EVERYONE HERE AND ONLINE FOR SOWING INTO THE
BUILDING PROJECT THIS YEAR. WE'VE GOT NEW ASSIGNMENTS, NEW
THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN 2026. AND WE'RE GOING TO BUILD
THAT TREASURE CHEST BACK UP. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF
IT. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO GIVE, WE'LL ALSO HAVE
OUT THERE COMING THIS WEEK, OUR FIRST FRUITS OFFERINGS SO THAT
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO BE PART OF THE FIRST FRUITS FOR 2026. AND LET'S
START THE YEAR OFF RIGHT. HOW MANY OF YOU THINK THAT'S A GOOD
IDEA? ALL RIGHT, STAND IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR GIVING READY. HOLD IT
UP HIGH. HOLD UP YOUR PHONE IF YOU'RE GIVING ELECTRONICALLY. BY
THE WAY, THAT'S THE FASTEST WAY IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT ON THE
MAIL. BUT I WILL SAY ALL OF YOU THAT DO MAIL IN YOUR GIFTS, WE'D
LOVE TO RECEIVE YOUR LITTLE KIND NOTES AND LETTERS. YOU ARE SUCH
A BLESSING TO ALL OF US. ALL RIGHT, AS YOU'RE HOLDING IT UP
IN FAITH, COME ON, SEE YOURSELF RECEIVING THE DIVIDENDS FROM THE
KINGDOM OF GOD. FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR EVERY GIVER UNDER THE
SOUND OF MY VOICE. I THANK YOU THAT FATHER, WHEN THEY INVEST AS
THEY CLOSE OUT THIS YEAR AND COME INTO 2026, THEY WILL BE
ENRICHED AND SUFFICIENT IN EVERY SINGLE AREA OF THEIR LIFE. WE
DECREE IT, WE PROPHESY IT, AND WE SAY IT IS SO. AND WE THANK
YOU FOR IT IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. ARE YOU READY TO DECREE
QUADRUPLE? ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. I KNOW THE WORD TALKS DOUBLE,
BUT THEN IT TALKS QUADRUPLE. I DON'T HAVE TIME TO TEACH ON
THAT. ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE READY? LET'S DECLARE IT IN FAITH. WE
DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOST CHURCH SHALL BE
INCREASED, EXPANDED, AND DEBT-FREE. WE DECREE IT SHALL
HAPPEN WITHOUT DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT, BE
BUILT UP AND FINISHED. WE SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES
NEEDED FOR THE LORD IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE. WE HAVE MORE THAN
ENOUGH EXCESS AND OVERFLOW. LORD, YOU ARE PROVIDING SEED TO
THE SOWER. WE CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO BRING FORTH
HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL
GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. THAT WE SHALL QUADRUPLE,
QUADRUPLE, COME ON, AND THEN WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE DECLARE
NEW THINGS NOW. WE DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED
NOW. COME ON, SHOUT LIKE YOU BELIEVE EVERY WORD OF THAT AND
LET'S WELCOME PASTOR HANK. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU PASTOR BRENDA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIVING USHERS. YOU CAN USH, I GUESS
THAT'S WHY THEY CALL YOU USHERS. AND THANK YOU AGAIN, THOSE OF
YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE FOR YOUR GIVING AS WELL, AND WE ARE
VERY GRATEFUL. SO, ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'M GETTING EXCITED TO
SPEAK THIS AS THE USHERS ARE SERVING YOU. I JUST WANNA REMIND
YOU THAT YOU DON'T WANNA MISS THIS NEXT SUNDAY CHRISTMAS. IT'S
GONNA BE GREAT. AND JOHN, I KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING. JOHN, OUR SON,
YOU'RE GONNA ACTUALLY COME AND JOIN US FOR THE SERVICE. NOW,
I'M JUST GONNA SPEAK TO MY SON REAL QUICK. YOU MIGHT WANNA GET
A CLEAN SHIRT. AND I'M JUST MESSING WITH YOU, JOHN, YOU KNOW
I AM. BUT ANYWAY, YOU KEEP TELLING ME YOU'RE BRINGING A
PUZZLE, SO I'M PUZZLED, I WANNA SEE WHAT PUZZLE IT IS. AND
AGAIN, I'LL LET YOU PUT AT LEAST THREE PIECES IN, 'CAUSE THAT'S
USUALLY ALL YOU DO ON THOSE 2,000 PIECES, ONLY LIKE THREE
PIECES. I DO MOST OF IT, JOHN, SO THERE YOU GO. BUT IT'LL BE A
GREAT CHRISTMAS SERVICE. AND THEN DON'T FORGET TUESDAY NIGHT,
I'LL BE ON WITH GENE BAILEY AND LANCE WALLNAU. I GUESS IT'S JUST
GONNA BE THE TWO FOSSILS OF FLASHPOINT ON WITH GENE. SO
IT'LL BE A LOT OF FUN. I REMEMBER LANCE WAS THE FIRST GUY
AND THEN I WAS THE SECOND WEEK. AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS,
NEXT YEAR IT'LL BE ALMOST, OR IS IT THIS YEAR? THIS YEAR WILL BE
ALMOST NO, THIS YEAR IS FIVE YEARS. I'VE ALREADY PASSED FIVE
YEARS. I NEVER THOUGHT IN A MINUTE, GENE, WHEN HE CALLED ME,
SAID, "HEY, WOULD YOU GIVE ME JUST A COUPLE WEEKS "TO A
MONTH?" I'M LIKE, "I COULD DO THAT."
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
WHERE DID FIVE YEARS GO? GENE, WHERE DID FIVE YEARS GO, RIGHT?
SO ANYWAY, ALL RIGHT, I WANT YOU TO OPEN YOUR BIBLES TO MATTHEW
CHAPTER 22. AND I WANT YOU TO, THIS HAS KIND OF BEEN OUR TEXT
VERSE THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, LOVE AND HONOR. AND I SAY
THIS BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN VERY ENJOYABLE. I HAVE, I'VE GROWN,
I'VE HOPED AND PRAYED THAT YOU'VE GROWN, YOU'VE LOOKED AT
YOUR LIFE, AND AGAIN, THERE'S SELF-EXAMINATION. YOU DON'T
SELF-CONDEMN, YOU SELF-EXAMINE. YOU LOOK FOR AREAS THAT YOU
THINK, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I NEED TO DO THAT. AND BE HONEST
WITH YOURSELF. THAT'S WHAT I TRY TO DO, I TRY TO BE HONEST WITH
MYSELF. I HAVE A GOD THAT KEEPS ME HONEST TO MYSELF AND AS WELL
AS MY WIFE, RIGHT? BUT LOOK AT MATTHEW 22:35. THIS IS OUR TEXT,
"THEN ONE OF THEM, "WHICH WAS AN ATTORNEY, A LAWYER, "ASKED JESUS
A QUESTION, "AND THE LAWYER WAS TEMPTING HIM, SAYING, "MASTER,
WHICH IS THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT?" NOW, THE ATTORNEY
WAS TRYING TO TRAP JESUS. NOTICE WHAT JESUS SAYS. HE SAYS, "THOU
SHALL LOVE," NOTICE THE WORD LOVE. TODAY, WE'RE GONNA TALK
ABOUT LOVE. "THOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD THY GOD." NOW, IN THE
COMMANDMENTS, IT USES THE WORD HONOR, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT HONOR, AND I WANNA SHOW YOU ONE PRINCIPLE ABOUT HONOR
REAL QUICK BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT LOVE. BUT JESUS SAID, "THOU
SHALL LOVE THE LORD THY GOD "WITH ALL THY HEART." NOTICE IT
STARTS, LOVE FOR GOD STARTS IN YOUR HEART. HEART TO HEART,
HEART TO HEART. THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS TELL GOD. I SAID, "LORD,
I DON'T WANT A SHALLOW RELATIONSHIP. "I WANT HEART TO
HEART." I REALLY DO. I WANT YOUR HEART, I'M CAPTURING YOUR HEART,
I'M GOING AFTER IT, AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU ALL OF MINE. SO
THOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD THY GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND THEN
YOU GOTTA GET YOUR MIND INVOLVED. YOU GOTTA GET YOUR
SOUL INVOLVED. COME ON, YOUR EMOTIONS, YOUR WANT TO, YOUR
DETERMINATION. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TELLING GOD, YOU KNOW,
SOMETHING THAT BRENDA AND I HAVE BEEN DOING, PASTOR BRENDA AND I,
WE'VE BEEN, I HEARD THE LORD SAY TO ME AT, RIGHT AROUND
THANKSGIVING, SAID, "I WANT YOU TO, EVERY DAY," HE SAID,
"RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION IN DECEMBER." AND SO I SAID,
"OKAY." HE DIDN'T TELL ME WHY. I DIDN'T EVEN ASK HIM WHY. I JUST
FIGURED, YOU KNOW WHAT? HE SAID, "DO IT, AND I'M GONNA DO IT. I
DON'T EVEN NEED AN ANSWER. I DON'T EVEN NEED AN EXPLANATION."
BUT I TELL YOU, I'VE BEEN ENJOYING EVERY SINGLE DAY,
PASTOR BRENDA AND I HAVE BEEN RECEIVING COMMUNION, EVEN THIS
MORNING BEFORE WE CAME HERE. AND SO, BECAUSE I'M DETERMINED, I AM
GOING TO DRAW CLOSER TO GOD, AND I WANT HIM CLOSER TO ME. AND
THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU'VE GOTTA DETERMINE IN YOUR HEART, BUT
YOU'VE GOTTA DETERMINE IN YOUR EMOTIONS, RIGHT? YOU GOTTA
DETERMINE IN YOUR MIND, THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, AND
NOTHING IS GONNA TALK ME OUT OF IT. AMEN? SO THOU SHALL LOVE THE
LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, SOUL, MIND AND ALSO STRENGTH, RIGHT?
LOOK AT, THAT’S THE FIRST COMMANDMENT JESUS SAYS IN VERSE
38. THEN HE GOES ON. AND HE SAYS NOW HERE IS THE SECOND
COMMANDMENT. THE SECOND IS LIKE UNTO IT. YOU SHOULD LOVE YOUR
NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. SO YOU GOTTA LOVE GOD, HONOR GOD.
THAT’S THE VERTICAL OF THE CROSS. AND NOW THE HORIZONTAL,
YOU GOTTA LOVE AND HONOR OTHERS. NOW LOOK AT MATTHEW 15, VERSE 8.
I JUST WANT TO DO JUST THIS REAL FAST, BECAUSE WHETHER IT’S LOVE
OR WHETHER IT’S HONOR, IT CAN’T BE LIP SERVICE. YOU CAN’T SAY TO
YOUR SPOUSE, “I LOVE YOU,” AND THEN THERE'S NO CORRESPONDING
ACTION. YOU CAN’T SAY TO YOUR CHILD, “I LOVE YOU,” AND THEN
THERE’S NO CORRESPONDING ACTION. TEENAGER, YOU CAN'T SAY, "I LOVE
MY MOM AND DAD," AND THERE NOT BE A CORRESPONDING ACTION OF
OBEDIENCE. YOU CAN'T SAY, "YOU LOVE YOUR NATION," AND THERE'S
NOT A CORRESPONDING ACTION, RIGHT? WHERE YOU SHOW AN HONOR
TO YOUR NATION, RIGHT? A LOVE AND APPRECIATION FOR ITS
FREEDOM. BUT JESUS SAID, "THE PEOPLE DRAW CLOSE TO ME "WITH
LIP SERVICE, AND THEY HONOR ME WITH THEIR LIPS, "BUT THEIR
HEART IS FAR AWAY." SO NO MATTER IF IT'S LOVE, THOSE OF YOU THAT
ARE WATCHING, OR IT'S HONOR, YOU HAVE TO NOT JUST SAY IT OUT OF
YOUR MOUTH. NOW, OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF YOUR HEART, YOUR
MOUTH SPEAKS, BUT IF IT REALLY IS IN YOUR HEART AND IT'S COMING
OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME KIND OF CORRESPONDING
ACTION. YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE FRUIT OF IT. YOU'RE GONNA SEE
THE MANIFESTATION OF, IF YOU REALLY HONOR GOD. YOU'RE GONNA
SEE THE MANIFESTATION IF YOU REALLY LOVE GOD. YOU'RE GONNA GO
THE EXTRA MILE. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ACCUSED IN 40 YEARS OF
SERVING GOD OF BEING TOO RADICAL. NOW THERE'S ZEALOTS AND
THERE ARE THOSE THAT ARE IDIOTS THAT, HAVE YOU EVER MET THOSE?
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT. I'M TALKING ABOUT RADICAL
CHRISTIANITY TO WHERE YOU ARE SO DETERMINED FOR THE FACE AND
HEART OF GOD THAT YOU'RE NOT TAKING NO FOR AN ANSWER. YOU'RE
NOT GONNA LIVE IN COMPROMISE. YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE A WOKE
CHRISTIAN. YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE A COMPROMISED CHRISTIAN, RIGHT?
NOT GONNA BE ON THE SLIPPERY SLOPE OF SIN. YOU'RE NOT GONNA
DRIFT AWAY. YOU ARE GONNA STAY ROCK SOLID WITH GOD. EVERY ONE
OF US NEEDS TO HAVE THAT KIND OF DETERMINATION. NOW, I WANT YOU
TO GO TO 3 JOHN FOR JUST A MOMENT AS WE TALK ABOUT HONOR
AND SHIFT OVER INTO LOVE. THIS IS ONE SCRIPTURE THAT I DO FEEL
TO SHARE WITH YOU. WE OFTEN QUOTE, LET'S GO TO VERSE TWO, 3
JOHN 2. WE QUOTE THIS ALL THE TIME. AND HOW MANY OF YOU PRAY
THIS? AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, YOU CAN JUST RAISE
YOUR HAND OR YOU CAN PUT A LITTLE HAND UP OR WHATEVER. BUT
WE PRAY THIS AND WE DON'T REALIZE WHAT IT'S CONNECTED TO.
IT SAYS, "BELOVED, I PRAY OR I WISH ABOVE ALL THINGS." SO HOW
MUCH IS ALL THINGS? ALL THINGS. NOW, JOHN WAS WRITING UNDER THE
INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. SO YOU COULD SAY THE HOLY SPIRIT
ALSO DESIRES THESE THINGS. AND THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN PURCHASED
IN OUR COVENANT WITH GOD. AND THAT IS THAT WE PROSPER, THAT WE
DON'T TAKE A VOW OF POVERTY. WE DON'T WALK AROUND, YOU KNOW,
WITH, YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY IN LACK AND NEVER LIVING A BLESSED
LIFE. JESUS WASN'T MESSING AROUND WHEN HE SAID, "I'VE COME
TO GIVE YOU LIFE AND LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY." AND HE MADE IT VERY
CLEAR IN JOHN 10. HE SAID, "THE DEVIL IS THE ONE THAT'S TRYING
"TO KEEP YOU FROM PROSPERING." HE'S THE ONE THAT STEALS. HE'S
THE ONE THAT KILLS. HE'S THE ONE THAT DESTROYS. BUT I'VE COME TO
GIVE YOU LIFE. AND I'VE COME TO GIVE YOU, WATCH THIS, HE USES
THE WORD MORE ABUNDANT LIFE. GOD WANTS YOU BLESSED. SAY, I'M
BLESSED. I'M BLESSED. SO ABOVE ALL, YOU MAY PROSPER. YOU LIVE A
BLESSED LIFE. AND NOTICE HE WANTS YOU IN HEALTH. HEY, YOUR
WORDS, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND YOUR WORDS ARE CONNECTED TO YOUR
HEALTH. YOUR BODY, YOU'RE THE PROPHET OF YOUR OWN LIFE. DON'T
YOU GO AROUND SAYING YOU'RE GONNA DIE. DON'T YOU GO AROUND
SAYING YOU'RE GONNA DIE EARLY. DON'T YOU GO AROUND SAYING THIS
IS KILLING YOU, THIS HURTS, THIS, STOP IT. DON'T SAY, WELL,
EVERYBODY IN MY FAMILY HAS THIS. NO, ABOVE ALL, JESUS ALREADY
HEALED YOU. IT HAS BEEN SETTLED BY BLOOD. AND THE BIBLE SAYS
THAT HIS BLOOD SPEAKS. SO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS LINE YOUR
WORDS UP WITH WHAT HIS BLOOD SPEAKS. HIS BLOOD SPEAKS
HEALING. HIS BLOOD SPEAKS HEALTH. THE BIBLE SAYS IN ISAIAH
53, YOU ARE HEALED. IT'S ALREADY SETTLED. IT'S BEEN SETTLED ON
THE CROSS. THE BLOOD HAS BEEN PUT UPON THE MERCY SEAT AND NOT
THE BLOOD OF BULLS AND GOATS AND CALVES, BUT IT'S YESHUA, THE
LAMB OF GOD'S BLOOD THAT WAS PUT THERE, THAT HE HIMSELF CARRIED.
AND THEN 1 PETER 2:24 SAYS, "YOU WERE HEALED." WELL, IF YOU ARE
AND WERE, IT'S SETTLED. NOW IT NEEDS TO BE SETTLED IN YOU, AND
IF IT'S SETTLED IN YOU, YOU NEED TO SPEAK IT, DECLARE IT, SO THAT
YOUR BODY CAN COME INTO MANIFESTATION. WHEN GOD SPOKE,
"LET THERE BE LIGHT," THE EARTH CAME INTO MANIFESTATION OF WHAT
HE SAID. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE EARTH WAS FRAMED, FRAMED BY THE
WORDS OF HIS POWER. YOU FRAME YOUR WORLD BY WHAT YOU SPEAK.
YOU DON'T LIKE YOUR WORLD? CHANGE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
BELOVED ABOVE ALL, YOU PROSPER. YOUR SOUL PROSPERS AND YOU BE IN
GOOD HEALTH. NOW, KEEP READING. LOOK AT VERSE THREE. WHY DID
THIS BECOME THE INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THE APOSTLE
JOHN TO SHARE THIS? WHY? 'CAUSE NOTICE WHAT'S CONNECTED. FOR
JOHN, NOW HE'S A SPIRITUAL FATHER, HE'S SPEAKING, AND YOU
HAVE TO GO BACK UP TO VERSE ONE, WHO'S HE SPEAKING TO? LET'S GO
UP TO VERSE ONE AND WE'LL COME BACK TO VERSE THREE. ELDER UNTO
THE WELL-BELOVED GAIUS, WHOM I LOVE IN TRUTH. YOU ARE SUCH A
PERSON OF HONOR, THE ELDER GAIUS. VERSE 2, I WISH ABOVE ALL
YOU PROSPER, YOUR SOUL PROSPERS, AND YOU'RE IN GOOD HEALTH. THIS
IS WHAT I'M PRAYING BECAUSE YOU'RE SUCH A MAN OF HONOR. NOW
LOOK AT VERSE 3. FOR I REJOICED GREATLY WHEN THE BRETHREN CAME
AND TESTIFIED OF THE HONOR THAT'S IN YOU. SO PEOPLE COULD
SEE THE HONOR, EVEN AS YOU WALK IN HONOR. IT'S SO EVIDENT. SO
ABOVE ALL, YOU PROSPER, YOUR SOUL PROSPERS, AND YOU'RE IN
GOOD HEALTH. AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU, I'VE BEEN SHARING WITH YOU
THE LAST FEW WEEKS THAT THE BLESSINGS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO
HONOR, YOUR HEALTH, YOUR SOUL. COME ON, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE
A WIGGED OUT MIND. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN FEAR. YOU DON'T
HAVE TO BE IN ANXIETY. YOU CAN HAVE A PROSPEROUS SOUL, RIGHT?
YOU CAN BE IN HEALTH AND YOU CAN HAVE A BLESSED LIFE. I SHOWED
YOU PROVERBS THREE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HONOR GOD, YOU
HONOR HIS WORD. THE BIBLE SAYS YOU'LL HAVE LENGTH OF DAYS, LONG
LIFE, PEACE. IT SAYS RICHES WILL BE IN YOUR HANDS. SO JUST AS IT
WAS WITH GAIUS OR GAIUS, HOWEVER YOU PRONOUNCE HIS NAME, THE
ELDER, BECAUSE HE WALKED IN HONOR, WHAT WAS CONNECTED,
3 JOHN 2. GOD WILL RELEASE BLESSINGS WHEN WE WALK IN HONOR
AND WE WALK IN LOVE. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LOVE WALK. I WANT
YOU TO GO OVER TO 1 JOHN. WE'RE ALREADY PRETTY MUCH THERE, BUT I
WANT YOU TO LOOK BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA READ OUT
OF THE NIV, AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE
LOVE WALK BECAUSE WE ARE COMMANDED IN SCRIPTURE. WE ARE
NOT SUGGESTED. GOD DOESN'T JUST SAY, "NOW, HEY, IF YOU WANT TO,
YOU CAN WALK IN LOVE. IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN HONOR." NO,
IT'S A COMMAND TO HONOR. IT'S A COMMAND TO LOVE. NOW, THE LOVE
THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS NOT THE GOOFY OLD BUMMER. REMEMBER
OLD BUMMER? BARACK OLD BUMMER. LOVE WINS, LOVE WINS. THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DECLARE, LOVE WINS. NO, NO, HERE'S WHERE OLD
BUMMER WAS MESSED UP. HE THOUGHT LOVE WINS WHEN IT'S TALKING
ABOUT SOMETHING THAT VIOLATED GOD'S WORD. RIGHT? IN REGARDS TO
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE, YOU KNOW, TWO DUDES GETTING MARRIED, TWO
WOMEN GETTING MARRIED, AND LOVE WINS. WELL, HERE'S WHERE OLD
BUMMER MISSED IT. YOU CANNOT SAY OR DECLARE THAT LOVE WINS IF YOU
NEGATE THE DEFINITION OF LOVE. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD IS LOVE.
SO IF YOU'RE GONNA REALLY DEFINE AND SAY THAT LOVE WINS AND
YOU'RE GONNA REALLY DEFINE LOVE, YOU HAVE TO DEFINE WHAT LOVE IS.
LOVE IS GOD. AND IF GOD DOESN'T LOVE THE SIN OF HOMOSEXUALITY
AND HE CALLS IT AN ABOMINATION, THEN IT DOESN'T WIN. WHAT OBAMA
WAS SAYING IS HIS OWN LIFESTYLE PROBABLY WON OUT BECAUSE THE
SUPREME COURT SIDED WITH IT. OR IF IT'S NOT HIS LIFE, MAYBE WHAT
HIS BELIEF SYSTEM IS. AND IT VIOLATED THIS. SO YEAH, WHAT WON
WAS HIS OWN PERVERTED AGENDA. IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT GOD
SAID AND GOD WHO IS LOVE AND HOW GOD FELT ABOUT IT. SO BE CAREFUL
WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT LOVE THAT YOU DON'T START
THINKING IN THE CONTEXT OF WOKE, COMPROMISE, CONFORMITY, GOD IS
LOVE EVERYBODY. YEAH, YOU GOTTA LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, RIGHT? BUT
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOVE 'EM AND CONFORM. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOVE
AND BE TOLERANT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOVE AND NOT BE DISAGREEABLE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOVE WITHOUT A STANDARD. THE STANDARD IS GOD.
THE STANDARD IS HONOR. THE STANDARD IS HIS COMMANDMENTS.
AND IF IT VIOLATES IT, THEN THEY HAVE TO ADJUST, NOT ME AND MY
LOVE. ALL RIGHT, YOU ALL ARE SLEEPY. THAT'S SOME GOOD
PREACHING. HOLD ON, JUST A MINUTE, I GOTTA LOOK AT THAT
GUY. THAT IS SOME GOOD PREACHING, DUDE, ON THE TV.
OKAY, NOW LET'S GO. ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT VERSE THREE, 1 JOHN 2:3.
"WE KNOW THAT WE'VE COME TO KNOW HIM "IF WE KEEP HIS COMMANDS."
THIS IS, AGAIN, "IF WE KEEP HIS COMMANDS." "WHOEVER SAYS, 'I
KNOW HIM,'" "BUT DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS IS A LIAR."
WHOA, YOU KNOW WHAT? PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN MAD AT ME. YOU ARE TOO
HARD OF A PREACHER. TODAY'S GENERATION CAN'T HANDLE THAT.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THEY CAN HANDLE IT. THEY'RE BOLD, BRASH.
BUT LOOK AT JOHN, HE'S LITERALLY CALLING THE CHURCH A BUNCH OF
LIARS. IF YOU SAY THAT YOU KNOW GOD AND YOU DON'T KEEP HIS
COMMANDS, YOU DON'T LIE. WHAT HAPPENED? SEE, I TOLD YOU YOU
DIDN'T LIKE MY PREACHING. EVERYTHING WENT BLANK. CAN THEY
SEE ONLINE? OKAY, THEY CAN SEE ONLINE. NOW HERE'S THE THING.
WHOEVER SAYS I KNOW HIM BUT DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS IS A
LIAR. LUKE 6:46. LOOK AT WHAT LUKE 6:46 SAYS. IT SAYS, "AND
WHY DO YOU CALL ME LORD?" OH, YOU MEAN I GOTTA DO WHAT HE
SAYS? YEAH, YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT HE SAYS. SEE, TO CALL JESUS LORD
IS TO CALL HIM KING. I DARE YOU TO GO UP TO A KING AND TELL HIM
YOU AIN'T GONNA DO IT. I DARE YOU TO GO UP TO A REAL PARENT
THAT KNOWS HOW TO GOVERN AND PARENT, RIGHT? 'CAUSE YOU AIN'T
GONNA CLEAN YOUR ROOM. I TRIED THAT A FEW TIMES. AND I HAVE
OBEDIENCE BECAUSE, MOM, OF ALL THOSE SPANKINGS THAT I ENDURED,
I BECAME AN OBEDIENT CHILD THROUGH THE THINGS I SUFFERED.
I'M JUST TEASING, THEY NEVER REFUSED. MOM, I WAS JUST TRYING
TO MAKE YOU LAUGH. ALL RIGHT, AND WHY DO YOU CALL ME LORD AND
YOU DON'T DO WHAT I SAY? LET'S GO BACK TO OUR SCRIPTURE. JOHN
IS SPEAKING, HE SAYS, "IF YOU SAY THAT YOU KNOW GOD, "IF YOU
REALLY SAY THAT YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN "AND YOU DON'T DO WHAT
HE COMMANDS, YOU'RE A LIAR, "AND HONOR IS NOT IN YOU. "BUT IF
ANYONE OBEYS HIS WORD, "LOVE FOR GOD IS TRULY MADE COMPLETE.
"THIS IS HOW WE KNOW THAT WE ARE IN HIM," OR, "THIS IS HOW WE
KNOW WE'RE A SOLID CHRISTIAN. "WHOEVER CLAIMS TO LIVE IN HIM
MUST LIVE AS JESUS DID." WELL, SEE, PASTOR HANK, JESUS DID NOT
GO AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, UPSET ANYONE. YES, HE DID. HE TURNED
OVER TABLES, HE TOOK A WHIP, FASHIONED IT ALL NIGHT, WENT
INTO THE TEMPLE. MORE THAN ONCE HE CLEANSED THE TEMPLE. I
GUARANTEE YOU, SOMEBODY WAS PROBABLY IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF
THOSE WHIPS, TURNING OVER THE TABLES. I'M SURE ONE OF THEM
PROBABLY HAD ONE OF THOSE TABLES FALL ON THEIR FOOT. HOW ABOUT
WHEN HE TOLD THE DISCIPLES AND THE PEOPLE, SAID, "HEY, BY THE
WAY, GO TELL HEROD," OKAY, WHO WAS IN GOVERNMENT, "WELL, IF
JESUS, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO STAY OUT OF POLITICS. WHY DON'T YOU
ACT LIKE JESUS? WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WHAT HE DID. HE SAID, "GO
TELL HEROD THE FOX." NOW THAT WORD FOX WAS NOT, "OH, GO TELL
THAT SLY GUY." NO, LITERAL TRANSLATION OF SLY FOX IS
BASICALLY SOMEONE WHO IS BISEXUAL. I'VE HEARD SOME PEOPLE
USE THE WORD FAGGOT. THAT IT LITERALLY MEANT TO CALL OUT
HEROD'S SEXUAL IMMORALITY AND LIFESTYLE AS A BISEXUAL HUMAN
BEING LEADER. AND JESUS INVOLVED HIMSELF. HE WAS NOT AFRAID TO
SPEAK UP. HE CALLED THE PHARISEES, THOSE IN THE CHURCH
THAT KNEW BETTER, THAT DON'T VOTE, RIGHT, THAT DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHEN THEIR NATION IS UNDER ATTACK THROUGH OTHER FALSE
RELIGIONS, PEOPLE READING TO OUR KIDS THAT ARE DRAG QUEENS. OKAY,
JESUS LITERALLY LOOKED AT THEM WHO WERE COMPROMISING AND HE
SAID, "YOU'RE A WHITEWASHED SEPULCHER. YOU'RE FULL OF DEAD
MAN'S BONES. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY WRETCHED." HE DID NOT MIX HIS
WORDS. THERE'S A REASON THAT A BUNCH OF THE PHARISEES ACCUSING
THE WOMAN IN ADULTERY ALL DROPPED THEIR ROCKS WHEN JESUS
BENT DOWN AND BEGAN TO DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND AND HE BEGAN TO
WRITE SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY EVERY ONE OF THEM DROPPED THEIR
ROCKS. OKAY, HE DIDN'T PLAY. HE DIDN'T PLAY. AND THEN HE SAID TO
HER, HE SAID, "HEY, DON'T SIN. DON'T DO THIS ANYMORE." SO WE'RE
TO DO AS JESUS DID. THAT'S PART OF THE LOVE WALK IS KNOW WHEN TO
BE TOUGH, KNOW WHEN TO SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE, NOT CONFORMITY,
NOT COMPROMISE, RIGHT? NOT JUST ACCEPTING EVERYTHING AND BEING
TOLERANT. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. OKAY. JESUS, EVEN IN, IN
REVELATION, BRENDA TAUGHT US THIS, PASTOR BRENDA, IN THE
SEVEN CHURCHES THAT THE LORD SAID, IF, WHICH CHURCH WAS IT
THAT WAS LUKEWARM? LAODICEA SAID, IF YOU'RE THE MIDDLE OF
THE ROAD, IF YOU'RE LUKEWARM, YOU'RE JUST PLAYING TOLERANT.
YOU'RE PLAYING WOKE. YOU'RE PLAYING, I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY,
RIGHT? I'M GONNA BE SPIRITUAL SWITZERLAND LIKE THEY WERE IN
THE WORLD WAR. WE'RE JUST GONNA MAINTAIN NEUTRALITY. JESUS SAID
I VOMIT THAT KIND OF CHRISTIAN OUT OF MY MOUTH. THAT'S JESUS'S
WORDS SO LET'S GO BACK TO OUR TEXT AND OUR CONTEXT NOW HE SAID
DEAR FRIENDS. I'M NOT WRITING YOU A NEW COMMANDMENT, BUT IT'S
AN OLD ONE WHICH YOU'VE HAD SINCE THE BEGINNING THIS OLD
COMMANDMENT IS THE MESSAGE YOU'VE HEARD YET. I'M WRITING
YOU A NEW COMMAND IT IT'S TRUTH IS SEEN IN HIM AND IT'S ALSO IN
YOU BECAUSE THE DARKNESS IS PASSING AND THE TRUE LIGHT IS
ALREADY SHINING. NOW WATCH THIS ANYONE WHO CLAIMS TO BE A
CHRISTIAN IN THE LIGHT BUT HATES HIS BROTHER OR SISTER CALLS HIM
OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND CAN I TELL YOU IT DIDN'T SAY ONLY IF
YOU KNOW THEM. CALLING OUT YOUR BROTHER MINISTERS, YOUR SISTER
MINISTERS, YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST. YOU KNOW WHAT
I TELL PEOPLE? WHEN YOU GO TO SOMEONE'S PAGE, YOU'RE A GUEST.
UNLESS IT'S A PAGE THAT IS THERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO HAVE DEBATES,
RIGHT? IT'S SOME PODCASTER OR SOMETHING. THAT MIGHT BE IF
THEY'RE WANTING DISCORD DEBATES. THAT'S HOW THESE LOT OF THESE
PODCASTERS, NEWS STATIONS, THEY GET THEIR RATINGS, THEY GET
THEIR MONEY, THE YOUTUBERS IS THE MORE YOU COMMENT. THEY WANT
YOU TO STIR UP. BUT IF YOU'RE JUST GOING TO SOMEONE'S MINISTRY
PAGE OR CHRISTIAN PAGE, AND YOU ALWAYS GOT TO HAVE THE SAY THE
LAST SAY, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE RIGHT AND EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO
BE WRONG. YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL THAT YOU'RE NOT FALLING INTO
THIS. IF YOU CLAIM TO BE A CHRISTIAN, BUT YOU HATE YOUR
BROTHER, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO HATE? DETEST, RIGHT? YOU'RE
STILL IN DARKNESS AND ANYONE WHO LOVES THEIR BROTHER AND SISTER
LIVES IN THE LIGHT AND THERE IS NOTHING TO THEM THAT MAKES THEM
STUMBLE. I HAVE WATCHED PEOPLE IN MARRIAGE. I'VE WATCHED
CHILDREN, WHY THEY DON'T GET BLESSED KIDS. I'VE WATCHED
MARRIAGES END UP IN SEPARATION, DIVORCE. THE MARRIAGE COUNSELING
ROOM IS BECAUSE SOMEBODY GETS OUT OF LOVE. AND THEY START
STUMBLING. I'VE WATCHED CHRISTIANS WHO LOVE GOD, THEY
RAISE THEIR HANDS, THEY'VE DEDICATED THEIR CHILDREN, THEY
BAPTIZE THEMSELVES, THEY COME THROUGH THE PRAYER LINE EVERY
NEW YEAR'S EVE SERVICE AND GET LUBED UP LIKE A GREASE PIG. BUT
THEN THEY GET OUT OF HERE AND THEY WALK OUT OF LOVE AND THEN
THEY START WONDERING WHY THEY STUMBLE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
YOU DON'T SEE BROTHER AND SISTER SO AND SO ANYMORE BECAUSE
THEY'RE HARDLY EVEN SERVING OR THEY'RE NOT SERVING GOD ANYMORE.
AND A LOT OF IT IS THEY VIOLATED THE FOUNDATION OF THE CHRISTIAN
WALK OF LOVE AND HONOR. MARK IT DOWN. MARK IT DOWN. HE SAID,
"YOU'LL STUMBLE IF YOU GET OUT OF LOVE. "BUT ANYONE WHO HATES
HIS BROTHER OR SISTER "IS IN THE DARKNESS. "AND HE WALKS AROUND
IN THE DARKNESS "AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING
"BECAUSE THE DARKNESS HAS BLINDED THEM." I WANNA TELL YOU,
THIS SUPPOSEDLY IS A TRUE STORY. BUT THERE WAS AN ACTOR WHO WAS
PLAYING THE PART OF JESUS IN A PASSION PLAY. I PLAYED JESUS, I
KNOW. CAN YOU SEE THE RESEMBLANCE? LET ME TAKE OFF MY
GLASSES. JUST IMAGINE ME WITH MATTHEW'S BEARD AND YOU COULD
SEE THE RESEMBLANCE. NOW, SO THIS GUY, THIS ACTOR WAS PLAYING
JESUS IN A PASSION PLAY. AND AS HE CARRIED HIS CROSS UP THE
HILL, ONE OF THE TOURISTS BEGAN TO HECKLE HIM. BEGAN TO SHOUT
INSULTS AT THIS GUY PLAYING JESUS. FINALLY, THIS IS A TRUE
STORY, FINALLY THE ACTOR HAD TAKEN ALL HE COULD TAKE. HE
THREW DOWN THE CROSS, WALKED OVER TO THE TOURIST AND PUNCHED
HIM OUT. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, THAT'S WHAT JESUS WOULD DO.
AFTER THE PLAY WAS OVER, THE DIRECTOR TOLD HIM, LISTEN, I
KNOW THAT GUY WAS OFF, BUT I CAN'T CONDONE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU'RE PLAYING THE PART OF JESUS, SO DON'T DO ANYTHING LIKE
THAT AGAIN. AND SO THE GUY PLAYING JESUS PROMISED AND SAID,
I WON'T DO THAT. BUT THE NEXT DAY, THE SAME HECKLER CAME BACK
AND WAS WORSE THAN BEFORE. AND FINALLY THE ACTOR EXPLODED
'CAUSE HE COULDN'T CONTROL HIS ANGER, PUNCHED HIM OUT AGAIN. SO
THE DIRECTOR SAID, THAT'S IT, I HAVE TO FIRE YOU. WE'RE GONNA
HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THE PLAY. WE CAN'T HAVE YOU BEHAVING LIKE
THAT. COME ON ONLINE. WE CAN'T HAVE YOU BEHAVING LIKE THAT
WHILE YOU'RE PLAYING THE PART OF JESUS. AND THE ACTOR BEGGED HIM,
"PLEASE JUST GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE, ONE MORE CHANCE. I
REALLY NEED THIS JOB AND I CAN HANDLE IT. I WILL STAY IN LOVE."
SO THE DIRECTOR DECIDED TO GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE. SO THE NEXT
DAY HE WAS CARRYING HIS CROSS UP THE STREET, AND SURE ENOUGH, THE
SAME HECKLER CAME AGAIN. AND YOU COULD TELL THAT THE ACTOR WAS
REALLY TRYING TO CONTROL HIMSELF. IMAGINE PASTOR HANK.
BUT THE HECKLER WAS ABOUT TO GET THE BEST OF HIM AGAIN. AND SO
HIS TEETH, HE CLENCHED HIS FIST, THE GUY PLAYING JESUS,
GRINDED HIS TEETH. FINALLY, THE MAN PLAYING JESUS
SPOKE UP AND LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID, I'M
GONNA SEE YOU AFTER THE RESURRECTION.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
NOW, NOW I GOT A SIMILAR STORY I'LL TELL YOU IN JUST A MINUTE.
I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO SHARE. DON'T JUDGE ME. BUT WHY DID I
SHARE THAT STORY? BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE PROFESS TO BE
CHRISTIANS. WE PROFESS TO BE CHRISTLIKE. WE PROFESS TO ACT
LIKE JESUS. IN OUR OWN MINDS, WE THINK THAT WE'VE ARRIVED. OH,
WE'RE SO CHRISTLIKE. OH, THAT PERSON'S SO GODLY. THEN YOU
WATCH 'EM, AS SOON AS THEY GET IN THE PARKING LOT, THEY'RE
ARGUING OVER THE PREACHER'S SERMON. OH, SEE, YOU KNOW IT,
YOU DO IT. YOU GO TO VILLAGE SIN AND YOU SIN, TALKING ABOUT HOW
BAD PASTOR HANK'S PREACHING IS. AND YOU DIDN'T LIKE THIS AND YOU
DIDN'T LIKE THAT. AND DID YOU NOTICE HIS HIGH COLLARS? AND DID
YOU NOTICE, I MEAN, HIS, I DON'T KNOW, HIS SHOES ARE SO
EXPENSIVE. I'M WEARING THE KIRK HERBSTREET SHOES OF GAME DAY.
THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY'S WEARING. I LIKE THEM, THEY'RE
COMFORTABLE. THANK YOU, PASTOR DODJI. NOW WATCH. WE PROFESS TO
BE CHRISTIANS, TO BEHAVE CHRISTLIKE, BUT YET WE TEND TO
BE LIKE THIS GUY PLAYING JESUS. WE ALL ACT CHRISTIAN UNTIL
SOMEBODY CROSSES US. WE TEND TO LOSE OUR COMPOSURE AND BEHAVE
MUCH IN THE SAME WAY LIKE HE DID. NOW LET'S LOOK AT 1
CORINTHIANS 12:31. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT WE ARE TO EXERCISE
OUR LOVE IN HOW WE TREAT GOD AND HOW WE TREAT ONE ANOTHER. LOOK
AT 1 CORINTHIANS 12:31. NOW WATCH THIS, "BUT COVET EARNESTLY
THE BEST GIFTS." BUT I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THE BEST WAY. I'M GONNA
SHOW YOU THE MOST EXCELLENT WAY. THIS IS THE APOSTLE PAUL
SPEAKING. NOW, YOU JUST HAVE TO LITERALLY GO TO THE NEXT
CHAPTER. SO IT'S LIKE THEY DIDN'T HAVE CHAPTER AND VERSES,
BUT THIS WOULD BE THE NEXT VERSE. LOOK AT 1 CORINTHIANS
13:1. HERE'S THE MORE EXCELLENT WAY. "THOUGH I SPEAK WITH
TONGUES OF MEN AND OF ANGELS." I SPEAK IN TONGUES OR I SPEAK IN
MY NATIVE TONGUE. IF I SPEAK IN SWAHILI OR WHATEVER, AND ANGELS,
AND I DON'T HAVE LOVE, THEN I AM BECOME A SOUNDING BRASS OR A
TINGLING CYMBAL. THIS IS WHY PEOPLE, WHEN THEY GET OUT OF THE
LOVE WALK, THEY START BICKERING, THEY START FIGHTING AMONG
FAMILY, AMONG MARRIAGES, AMONG CHRISTIAN RELATIONSHIPS, AT THE
JOB. IT JUST BECOMES A BUNCH OF NOISE. IF WE WOULD STAY IN THE
MOST EXCELLENT WAY, WHICH IS LOVE, AND DON'T GET OUT OF THE
LOVE WALK, THEN WE'LL SEE THAT LOVE DOES WORK. RIGHT? IF GOD'S
LOVE DOESN'T FAIL, IF YOU STAY IN THAT LOVE, GUESS WHAT, I
BELIEVE THAT YOU'LL SEE CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND THINGS NOT
FAIL EITHER. BUT YOU GOTTA STAY IN LOVE. I GOTTA STAY IN LOVE.
NOW, HOW MANY REMEMBER THAT STORY I JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT
GUY PLAYING JESUS? SO MATTHEW, HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN THEY WERE
PLAYING DIRTY AT THAT ONE SCHOOL? YOU WERE THE
QUARTERBACK, STARTING QUARTERBACK. WAS THAT YOUR
SOPHOMORE YEAR, JUNIOR YEAR? JUNIOR YEAR, SO IT WAS HIS
JUNIOR YEAR. SO WE WENT UP TO THIS ONE CITY WHERE THEY WERE
PLAYING, MATTHEW WAS THE STARTING QUARTERBACK, AND THEY
WERE PLAYING SO DIRTY. THE REFS WERE LITERALLY LETTING THE
OPPOSING TEAM, YOU COULD TELL THE REFS WERE GOING FOR THE
OPPOSING TEAM THAT MATTHEW WAS PLAYING. AND IT GOT TO THE POINT
WHERE ONE OF THE PLAYERS, I THINK IT WAS THE RUNNING BACK,
BROKE HIS LEG BECAUSE THEY HIT HIM. REMEMBER THAT? THAT GAME,
BROKE HIS LEG, ANOTHER ONE FRACTURED SOMETHING ELSE,
ANOTHER ONE A CONCUSSION. AND THEN FINALLY, IT WAS AFTER ABOUT
FOUR OR FIVE TIMES OF PLAYERS GETTING CARRIED OFF THE FIELD
BECAUSE THE REFS WEREN'T DOING THEIR JOB. I WAS LOSING IT. THEY
HIT MATTHEW SO HARD, BLINDSIDED HIM ON A DIRTY PLAY, THEY DIDN'T
CALL IT. I ROSE UP AND I SAID, "HEY, REFS! "HOW MANY MORE
PEOPLE HAVE TO GET INJURED "BEFORE YOU'RE GONNA DO YOUR
JOB?" AND THE GUY WAS A LITTLE SHORT GUY AND ONLY DRAWING
ATTENTION BECAUSE I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHAT, I CALLED HIM.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
SO I'M STANDING THERE ON THE SIDELINES. I MEAN, I WENT OFF
OUT OF THE STANDS. I CAME DOWN THERE. I GOT RIGHT OUT THERE BY
THE SIDE. I SAID, "SIR, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO HOLD THESE PEOPLE
ACCOUNTABLE? THIS IS A DIRTY GAME, AND I'M NOT GOING TO STAND
FOR THIS." AND THEY JUST ABOUT TOOK OUT MY SON. HE GOES, "YOU
KNOW WHAT THIS LITTLE REF SAID?" HE HAD ENOUGH GUMPTION TO LOOK
AT ME AND SAY, "HEY, DO YOU NEED A REFUND ON THAT TICKET?" I
LOOKED AT HIM AND I SAID, "YOU LISTEN TO ME, TATTOO!" REMEMBER
THE LITTLE GUY ON FANTASY ISLAND? "HEY BOSS, LOOK, THEY'RE
PLAYING TATTOO, LOOK IT UP." FANTASY ISLAND, HE WAS ABOUT
THIS TALL. HE WAS A LITTLE GUY, TATTOO, "HEY BOSS, THE..." I
SAID, "YOU LISTEN TO ME, TATTOO! YOU WANNA MEET ME IN THE PARKING
LOT AND WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION?" AND I HEAR BRENDA,
"HANK, GET UP HERE!" HE'S LOOKING AT ME, HE'S SHAKING,
I'M READY TO KNOCK HIM OUT. BUT I HEARD THE VOICE OF MY WIFE,
"HANK, GET UP HERE, I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT!" NO, SHE DIDN'T
SAY THAT, BUT SHE TOLD ME TO GET UP THERE, SO I GET BACK.
I'M LIKE, "BRENDA, I'M GONNA MEET THAT GUY." SHE GOES, "NO,
YOU'RE NOT, HANK. YOU ARE KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD. DO
YOU WANT YOUR NAME IN THE PAPER THAT YOU WENT TO JAIL?"
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
I SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T CARE. I'LL THINK ABOUT IT
LATER." BUT THANK GOD SHE PULLED ME BACK. SOMETIMES WE NEED THAT.
SOMETIMES THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL DO THE SAME THING TO US. LIKE,
"HEY, YOU'RE GETTING OUT OF LOVE. DON'T DO THAT. DON'T SAY
THAT. DON'T ACT THAT WAY." YOU KNOW WHERE PASTOR BRENDA'S
HELPING ME, AND I'VE GOTTEN A LOT BETTER, IS IN TRAFFIC.
'CAUSE SHE'S LIKE, "HANK, THEY CAN'T HEAR YOU." I'M LIKE,
"WELL, BRENDA, I FEEL BETTER. I FEEL BETTER LETTING THAT GRANDMA
KNOW WHO CAN'T EVEN LOOK OVER HER STEERING WHEEL THAT I'M
REALLY MAD 'CAUSE SHE'S GOING 20 MILES AN HOUR." I WANT GRANNY TO
KNOW. I'M NOT WAITING IN OLD AGE UNTIL I GET TO HEAVEN TO TELL
HER, "HEY, YOU'RE THE LADY THAT ALWAYS..." YOU KNOW, NEVER MIND.
BUT THE POINT IS THERE'S A MORE EXCELLENT WAY. DID YOU ALL SEE
THAT POINT? AND I'M NOT SAYING GO AROUND TELLING PEOPLE THEY'RE
TATTOOED. IT'S A TRUE STORY. ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT ROMANS 12:18.
WE'RE COMMANDED IN SCRIPTURE TO DISPLAY ACTS OF LOVE. I KNOW
NONE OF YOU WOULD EVER SAY THAT, DO THAT. MOM. ALL RIGHT, ROMANS
12:18. IF IT'S POSSIBLE, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, AS
MUCH AS YOU LIE IN YOU, LIVE PEACEFULLY WITH ALL MEN. NOTICE
HE SAID, AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. YOU CAN'T AGREE WITH A LIBERAL
LOONY. YOU CAN'T AGREE WITH A COMPROMISED RHINO. YOU CAN'T
LIVE PEACEFULLY WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO
INFILTRATE CULTURE AND LITERALLY TRY TO RESET IT THROUGH
PERVERSION, COMPROMISE, SOCIALISM, MARXISM, ISLAM. YOU
CANNOT, NO, I'M NOT CALLING YOU TO ARMS. I'M CALLING YOU TO
STAND UP, VOTE, SPEAK OUT, SPEAK UP, GET INVOLVED. AND THAT IS A
WAY TO ACT PEACEFULLY. WHEN THE MAJORITY, IF THE MAJORITY OF
AMERICAN CHRISTIANS AND PATRIOTS WOULD STAND UP, WE WOULDN'T HAVE
THE MINORITY GROUPS THAT ARE SEEMING LIKE THEY'RE SO STRONG
HAVING AS MUCH INFLUENCE AS THEY HAVE. BUT OUR GOAL IS, THE
REASON I SPEAK LIKE THIS IS BECAUSE I WANT YOU AND ME AND
THIS COUNTRY TO LIVE PEACEFULLY. LOOK AT EPHESIANS 4 VERSE 2. IT
SAYS, "BE HUMBLE AND GENTLE." BOY, IF PEOPLE WOULD JUST LEARN
TO BE HUMBLE. YOU KNOW THAT SAYING, "IT'S HARD TO BE HUMBLE
WHEN YOU'RE AS GREAT AS ME," RIGHT, OR "GREAT AS YOU." BUT
THINK ABOUT BEING HUMBLE. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE TELLING ME,
LADY T WAS TELLING ME ABOUT THE HEISMAN GUY THAT WON. WAS HE THE
INDIANA GUY THAT WON? MAN, HE'S A GREAT GUY. I MEAN, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT HE'S LIKE OUTSIDE OF THE FIELD, BUT YOU KNOW, HE WAS
GIVING GLORY TO GOD AND BEING HUMBLE. YOU KNOW WHAT IRRITATES
ME SOMETIMES IS WHEN THEY INTERVIEW PEOPLE. "YEAH, I GOT
GREAT HANDS, AND MY HANDS ARE THE BEST HANDS IN ALL OF THE
LEAGUE, AND I KNEW WHEN THE BALL WOULD COME, I WOULD SHOW PEOPLE
WHAT I COULD DO IN MY GIFTINGS." GET OFF THE CAMERA! HAVE YOU
EVER SEEN PEOPLE LIKE THAT? YOU EVER BEEN AROUND PEOPLE THAT
THEY'RE JUST SO FULL OF THEMSELVES? YOU KNOW, THERE IS
SOMETHING THAT ATTRACTS PEOPLE TO US. YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS?
HUMILITY. I REMEMBER YEARS AGO, MAN, I WAS REBUKING THE DEVIL
AND HE WASN'T BUKING. HOW MANY EVER TRIED TO REBUKE THE DEVIL
ONLY HE DIDN'T BUKE. AND I WENT TO GOD, I WAS SO MAD, I SAID,
GOD, I AM REBUKING THE DEVIL, BUT HE AIN'T BUKING. AND GOD
SAID, THIS AIN'T THE DEVIL. WELL, WHAT OTHER ENTITY IS IT?
THE LORD SAID, IT'S ME, NOT ME, HIM. I SAID, THIS IS YOU? HE
SAID, THAT'S RIGHT, BECAUSE I RESIST THE PROUD, AND I GIVE
GRACE TO THE HUMBLE, AND I'M TRYING TO TEACH YOU SOMETHING
BECAUSE YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU WANTED TO BE KEPT ON A SHORT
LEASH. I SAID, I DID SAY THAT. I SAID, WELL, WHEN WAS I PRIDEFUL?
I COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT THE LORD SHOWED ME. I WAS JUST
STARTING TO COME INTO, YOU KNOW, DOING MORE BIGGER MEETINGS AND
THE NUMBERS WERE A LOT, YOU KNOW, LARGE AND BLAH, BLAH,
BLAH. AND THEY WERE READING MY BIO. THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL
YEARS AGO. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WHEN THEY WERE READING, I DON'T
KNOW WHY MY LEFT SIDE OF MY MOUTH WENT, BUT I FELT IT AND I
KNEW IT. AND GOD SAID, I SAW THAT. AND I SAID, LORD, ALL THAT
WAS WAS A LITTLE. AND HE TOOK ME BACK TO PROVERBS, THERE ARE
THINGS THAT GOD HATES, AND ONE OF THEM IS A PROUD LOOK. AND HE
SAID, I'M DEALING WITH YOU. I'M LIKE, OH, MY GOODNESS. OKAY, SO
LET'S GO ON AND TALK ABOUT YOU. BE HUMBLE AND GENTLE. BE PATIENT
WITH EACH OTHER. MAKING ALLOWANCE. NOW HERE'S THE
REASON. THIS IS WHY PEOPLE GET INTO ARGUMENTS. YOU KNOW WHY
PEOPLE GET INTO ARGUMENTS? KIDS WITH THEIR SPOUSE, THEIR
PARENTS, PARENTS WITH THEIR KIDS, RIGHT? SPOUSES, YOUR BOSS,
OTHER CHRISTIANS, IS BECAUSE WE GET OUT OF LOVE, WE GET OUT OF
HONOR, AND THEN IT SAYS THIS, "BE PATIENT WITH EACH OTHER, BUT
MAKE AN ALLOWANCE FOR EACH OTHER'S FAULTS." YOU KNOW,
BRENDA AND I, SHE TO THIS DAY STILL DOES CERTAIN THINGS THAT
IRRITATE ME. AND I'VE BEEN MARRIED ALMOST 37 YEARS, AND SHE
CAN'T FIND NOTHING THAT IRRITATES HER. BUT THE POINT IS,
NO DON'T YOU, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, THAT'S
IRRITATING ME. DON'T SIDE WITH, YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, DON'T
SIDE WITH HER. BUT WATCH THIS. NO, IT'S MUTUAL, BUT WE MADE AN
AGREEMENT A WHILE BACK, AND THAT IS THIS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
NOTICED THIS, BUT WE'VE BEEN MARRIED 37 YEARS. HOW MANY OF
YOU GOT AT LEAST THAT OR OLDER? HAVE YOU NOTICED THE OLDER YOU
GET, YOU KIND OF HAVE THESE LITTLE SPATS? AND THEY'RE NOT
ARGUMENTS, THEY'RE JUST LIKE, HEY, YOU FORGOT TO CLOSE THE
CUPBOARD. I HIT MY HEAD. OH, WELL, YOU FORGOT TO PUT THE
TOOTHPASTE CAP ON. WELL, I WAS DONE WITH IT. RIGHT, YOU FORGOT
TO SHUT THE TOILET LID. BRENDA, IT'S MORE WORK. WE HAVE TO LIFT
IT UP AND PUT IT BACK DOWN. YOU GUYS GET TO HAVE IT DOWN. IT'S
MORE WORK. NO, LISTEN, I'VE BEEN TRAINED. I DON'T LEAVE IT UP.
MEN, IF YOU'RE MARRIED, DON'T LEAVE THE LID UP. AND ALL THE
WOMEN SAID, AMEN. THERE, I HELPED YOU OUT.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET BACK TO THIS. MAKE ALLOWANCE FOR EACH
OTHER'S FAULTS. OKAY, CAN YOU JUST BE HUMBLE, BE GENTLE, STAY
IN LOVE? IS IT WORTH AN ARGUMENT? IS IT WORTH SOMEBODY
SLEEPING IN THE OTHER ROOM? YOU KNOW, BRENDA AND I, WE'VE BEEN
MARRIED 37 YEARS. WE MADE A DEAL, MAN. AND I REMEMBER WE
FIRST GOT MARRIED. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE SAID IS, "BRENDA,
WE'RE GONNA MAKE A DEAL. "NOBODY LEAVES THE HOUSE. "WE GET MAD AT
EACH OTHER. YOU'RE WELCOME TO COOL OFF IF YOU WANT, BUT I'M
NOT LEAVING THE KINGSIZE BED. I'M THE KING."
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
NO, IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT?
KINGS SLEEP IN KINGSIZE, QUEENS SLEEP IN QUEENS. WHERE DO
PRINCES, WHAT KIND OF MATTRESSES, THEY MUST SLEEP IN
A, PRINCES OR PRINCES MUST SLEEP IN A HAIR MATTRESS. LIKE A HAIR
MATTRESS, LIKE AN AIR MATTRESS, HAIR, HAIR, HAIR MATTRESS, HAIR,
HAIR MATTRESS. SO ANYWAY, SO LET'S GET BACK TO THIS MESSAGE.
SO WE MADE A DEAL. NOBODY'S ALLOWED TO LEAVE, WE DON'T DO
THAT. WE DON'T, SHE SAID SOMETHING, YEAH, YOU DON'T
LEAVE, I DON'T LEAVE. GET IT RIGHT, DON'T CALL, LEAVE THE
HOUSE. NO, YOU DON'T DO THAT. WE DON'T DO THAT. IF YOU WANNA GO
OUT IN THE OTHER ROOM, COOL OFF. IF I WANNA GO DOWN, COOL OFF,
PRAY, GET WITH GOD, WHATEVER, THAT'S OKAY. BUT IT'S
SHORT-LIVED. AND WE DON'T DO THAT, BUT HERE'S THE POINT. THE
POINT IS, WE MADE A DEAL. WHAT IS MY POINT? BRENDA, WHAT'S MY
POINT? I HAD SUCH A MATTRESS JOKE, I CAN'T THINK ABOUT. SO WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT MAKE ROOM FOR EACH OTHER'S FAULTS, DON'T
LEAVE, OH, SO WE GOT, BEFORE WE GOT MARRIED OR WHILE WE WERE
MARRIED OR WHATEVER, WE SAID, HEY, LET'S JUST REALLY WORK ON
WALKING IN LOVE. LET'S JUST REALLY WORK ON THIS IN OUR LOVE
WALK TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT, WE SHOOK ON IT, I DON'T REMEMBER.
AND ONE DAY WE GOT IN AN ARGUMENT, AND BRENDA, WE HAD
BEEN MARRIED LIKE, 'CAUSE WE WERE LIVING IN AN APARTMENT AND
SO IT WAS OUR FIRST YEAR OF MARRIAGE, WE HAD A BIG ARGUMENT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT, IT WAS OVER, BUT ANYWAY, SHE GOES, I'M
GETTING UP AND I'M GOING OUT INTO THE LIVING ROOM. I SAID,
FINE. SHE SAID, FINE. I SAID, FINE. SHE SAID, FINE. I SAID,
FINE. AND SHE'S YELLING OUT IN THE LIVING ROOM. FINE. I STILL
HEAR YOU BRENDA. FINE. RIGHT? YOU GOT TO GET THE LAST WORD IN.
SO SHE'S OUT THERE FINE. RIGHT? AND I'M IN THERE IN MY KING SIZE
BED OR NO, I THINK WE HAD A KING SIZE. I THINK WE HAD A CHEAP
THING. WE SAW A HEADBOARD ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FROM ONE OF
THOSE CHEAP MOTELS. IT WAS, OH MAN, IT COST US $8, BUT HEY, AT
LEAST THEY WERE SELLING IT AND THEN THEY'RE SALE. BUT ANYWAY,
SO SHE'S OUT THERE. NOW I'M IN THERE GOING, "SEE, GOD, SPEAK TO
HER." HOW MANY EVER DO THAT WHEN YOU GET IN AN ARGUMENT WITH
SOMEBODY, GOD, ALWAYS SPEAK TO THEM. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. LORD,
HELP THEM, THEY'RE OUT OF LOVE. THEY'RE OUT OF THE LOVE WALK.
NO, YOU GOTTA HUMBLE YOURSELF. SO I'M IN THERE AND I'M PRAYING
IN MY INCREDIBLE SELF-RIGHTEOUS, LORD, TEACH HER. TEACH HER,
LORD. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEAR, "AHH!" SHE SCREAMS. I
MEAN, LIKE BLOOD CURLING, SKIRLING, WHATEVER THEY CALL IT.
SCREAM. I GET UP. I'M LIKE, "WHAT IN THE WORLD?" I GO OUT
THERE. I GO, "WHAT? WHAT, BABY? WHAT? WHAT? WHAT?" WE'RE HOLDING
IT. SHE'S SHAKING. "OOO!" I'M LIKE, "WHAT? DID SOMEBODY TRY TO
GET IN HERE? I'LL TAKE THEM OUT." SHE GOES, "YEAH, SOMETHING
CAME IN THE ROOM." I SAID, "WHAT, A DEMON?" "THAT!" "WHAT?"
"THAT!" "WHAT'S THAT?" AND I LOOK AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE JUNE
BUGS. A JUNE BUG BROKE THE SPIRIT OF STRIFE. AND WE WENT
FROM JUNE BUG TO LOVE BUG. SO WHAT'S THE MORAL OF THAT STORY?
DON'T LET THINGS BUG YOU. BOY, I CAN FEEL THAT.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
DOUG, I SAW YOU SMIRK. I GOT YOU, I DID, I SAW YOU. AND EVEN
CRAIG WAS OVER THERE. CRAIG, HIS STOMACH MOVES. NO, HE DOESN'T
SHOW ANY. OKAY, NOW LET'S GO ON. WE GOT BUSINESS TO TALK ABOUT.
BE PATIENT WITH EACH OTHER. MAKE ALLOWANCE FOR EACH OTHER'S
FAULTS BECAUSE OF YOUR LOVE. NOW LOOK AT HEBREWS 12, VERSE 14 AND
15. NOW THIS ONE IS A REALLY POWERFUL ONE. FOLLOW PEACE WITH
ALL MEN AND HOLINESS BECAUSE WITHOUT WHICH NO MAN SHALL SEE
THE LORD. NOW THIS IS IMPORTANT. LOOKING DILIGENTLY, LEST ANY MAN
FAIL OF THE GRACE OF GOD. DON'T LET ANY ROOT OF BITTERNESS
SPRING UP OR TROUBLE YOU. NOW, LOOK AT THAT WORD, ROOT OF
BITTERNESS, SPRING UP AND TROUBLE. WHAT IS BITTERNESS?
I WANNA HEAR YOUR DEFINITION OF BITTERNESS. I'LL
ASK THIS SECTION, WHAT'S BITTERNESS? NOBODY KNOWS?
HOLDING UNFORGIVENESS, GREAT ANSWER. OVER HERE.
YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT? GIVE ME A MANIFESTATION OF
BITTERNESS. HUH? ANGER. HOW ABOUT UP THERE? RESENTMENT.
STRIFE. HUH? LOOSE SIGHT. PRIDE. HOLDING ON TO THE PAST. BAD
ATTITUDES. HOW ABOUT YOU ONLINE? WRITE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I'LL
GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT. IT'S BEING NEGATIVE. HOLDING ON TO
THE PAST. NOT GETTING OVER HOW YOU WERE TREATED, HOW YOU SHOULD
HAVE BEEN TREATED. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU, WHAT THEY DID TO YOU.
AND PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT BITTERNESS IS CONNECTED. IT'S A
ROOT. AND NOTICE WHAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS. YOU GET OUT OF
HONOR, WE GET OUT OF LOVE, EVEN WITH THOSE THAT HAVE HURT US.
OKAY, I KNOW PEOPLE THAT STILL TALK ABOUT WHAT SOMEBODY DID TO
THEM. AND THEY HAVE TO KEEP BRINGING IT UP, AND BRINGING
THEM UP, AND BRINGING THAT PERSON UP, BRINGING UP THAT EX,
BRINGING UP THAT SITUATION, RIGHT? WHETHER IT BE MARRIAGE,
RELATIONSHIPS, JOBS, BOSSES, FORMER CHURCHES, FORMER PASTORS,
WHATEVER. AND WHEN THEY'RE DOING IT, WHEN THEY'RE SPEAKING IT,
RIGHT? THEY'RE GETTING OUT OF THE LOVE WALK, AND WHAT'S
HAPPENING IS THEY'RE LETTING SOMETHING TAKE ROOT IN THEM AND
EVEN AFFECTING THEIR BODIES. IT'S A ROOT. AND NOTICE IT SAID,
"DON'T LET IT SPRING UP." DON'T. QUIT REHEARSING IT. WHO CARES IF
THAT BOYFRIEND OF YOURS, I MEAN I KNOW IT HURT AT THE TIME, BUT
QUIT REHEARSING IT. DID YOU BREAK UP? IS IT OVER? IT'S OVER.
QUIT REHEARSING IT OR YOU'RE GONNA GET INTO BITTERNESS. AND
THEN THE RIGHT PERSON WHO COMES ALONG, THEY'RE GONNA GET ALL
YOUR GARBAGE. DON'T. IT SAYS, LET'S LOOK AT IT AGAIN. I WANT
EVERYBODY LOOKING AT THIS VERSE. LOOK DILIGENTLY, LEST ANY MAN
FAIL THE GRACE OF GOD, LEST ANY ROOT OF BITTERNESS, IT SPRINGS
UP OUT OF NOWHERE AND IT BEGINS TO TROUBLE YOU. I'VE WATCHED
CHRISTIANS WHEN THEY START GOING DOWN THE SLIPPERY SLOPE OF WHERE
THEY HAVE AN INCONSISTENCY IN THEIR WALK, THEIR TALK, THE
BLESSING OF GOD, TROUBLE STARTS SETTING IN. MOST OF THE TIME
IT'S BECAUSE THEY LET BITTERNESS BEGIN TO SPRING UP. AND IT
BEGINS TO TAKE ROOT. THEREBY MANY ARE DEFILED. NOW LOOK AT
PROVERBS 14, VERSE 30. WE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT FRUITS OF
BITTERNESS. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PROVERBS 14:30 TALKS
ABOUT, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT, IS IT USES THE WORD ENVY. OKAY,
WHEN PEOPLE ARE BITTER, THEY START GETTING INTO ENVYING,
RIGHT? WELL, I WISH I COULD HAVE WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS, BUT OH
NO, MY JOB AND MY BOSS AND MY EX-WIFE AND MY PAST CHURCH
EXPERIENCE ISN'T LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE'S. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M
DOING AND WHAT I'VE DONE THAT EVERYTHING ALWAYS HAPPENS TO ME.
I MEAN, IF YOU WANNA MAKE EXTRA MONEY, PUT THAT
IN A SONG AND BE A COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
RIGHT? SO COUNTRY MUSIC IS A BUNCH OF BITTERNESS. RIGHT? MY
DOG LEFT. NO, MY DOG. MY DOG AIN'T WAGGIN' HIS TAIL BECAUSE
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN A FAIL AND I JUST WANNA YELL BECAUSE
EVERYTHING HAS GONE TO HELL. OKAY, SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN,
THAT'S A GREAT SONG. I COULD FEEL THAT, THAT'S A COUNTRY
MUSIC SONG. ALL RIGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT AN ACHY, BREAKY HEART WAS
ABOUT? HIS BITTER EXPERIENCE, RIGHT? OKAY, PROVERBS 14, VERSE
30, LET'S PUT THAT UP. NOW, THIS IS IMPORTANT. I'M ALMOST DONE
WITH MY MESSAGE. HOW DO YOU KNOW? WELL, IT'S KIND OF LIKE,
YOU KNOW, YOU COULD TELL. HIS FIRST DOWN IN 25 SCRIPTURES. YOU
KNOW, I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE ONE OF THOSE SPORTS ANNOUNCERS. HIS
FIRST DOWN IN 10 OF THE 20-YARD LINE, NEBRASKA. THEY BREAK
HUDDLE, THEY COME OVER THE BALL. FIRST DOWN IN 24 MINUTES AND 25
SECONDS LEFT TO PLAY. RAY OLA, WE DON'T KNOW IF HE'S A
QUARTERBACK. RAY OLA, HANDS UNDERNEATH THE CENTER. HE ROLLS
AROUND TO THE RIGHT SIDE, HE HANDS IT OFF. HE HANDS IT OFF.
HE HANDS IT OFF TO JOHNSON, HE'S AROUND THE SIDE, TO THE 20, 25,
HE BREAKS THE TACKLE, 25, 30, 35, HE'S TO THE 40. ANYWAY,
WE'LL KEEP GOING, BUT THAT'S HOW IT IS WITH MY PREACHING. HE'S AT
THE FIRST CLOSING, THE SECOND CLOSING, HE'S AROUND THE RIGHT
SIDE, BRENDA'S SAYING AMEN TO GET HIM TO STOP. OKAY, ANYWAY.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
ALL RIGHT, PROVERBS 14, VERSE 30. I JUST THOUGHT I'D GIVE YOU
SOME PLAY BY PLAY. A SOUND HEART IS THE LIFE OF THE FLESH. BUT
WATCH WHAT ENVY, WATCH WHAT BITTERNESS, WHY IT'S A ROOT, IT
BEGINS TO ROT THE BONES. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE EVEN SAID THAT
THERE ARE CERTAIN DISEASES THAT HAS RESULTED IN PEOPLE GETTING
STRESSED OUT, WIGGED OUT. I LOVE WHAT KAT KERR TEACHES. YOU KNOW
WHAT SHE TEACHES? LOOSE THINGS FROM YOUR SOUL. LOOSE, KAT IF
YOU'RE WATCHING, YOU TAUGHT THE BODY OF CHRIST BEAUTIFULLY.
LOOSE BITTERNESS FROM YOUR SOUL. IN FACT, YOU OUGHT TO DO IT
RIGHT NOW. I LOOSE ALL BITTERNESS. I LOOSE ALL
UNFORGIVENESS. I LOOSE ALL ENVY, STRIFE, WORRY, DEPRESSION, FEAR.
I LOOSE IT FROM MY BODY, FROM MY LIFE, AND I BIND TO ME
RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, JOY IN THE HOLY GHOST. AND YOU COULD DO
THAT WITH YOUR BODY. I LOOSE THOSE SYMPTOMS FROM MY BODY. GET
OUT! AND I BIND TO MY BODY WHAT YESHUA PAID FOR. I LOOSE HEALING
OVER ALL MY FLESH. RIGHT? YOU PUT SUNTAN LOTION ON, RIGHT? PUT
SOME BALMOGILIAD LOTION ON. LUBE YOURSELF UP. I THINK I'M COMING
OUT WITH A BALMOGILIAD LOTION. WHEN YOU PUT IT ON, YOU SPEAK
THE WORD. ALL RIGHT, DON'T BEAT ME TO IT AND THEN MAKE MILLIONS
TO NOT GIVE ANYTHING BACK TO THE TABERNACLE. BUT NOTICE WHAT IT
SAYS. KEITH, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND START COMING THIS WAY. I
BETTER QUIT. I'M JUST ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND I'M NOT EVEN DONE
WITH MY MESSAGE. SHOULD I PREACH ANOTHER ONE ON THIS? 'CAUSE I
WANT TO TEACH YOU THERE'S DIFFERENT REVELATIONS OF LOVE
ACCORDING TO WHAT PAUL TAUGHT, WHAT JOHN TAUGHT, RIGHT? THERE'S
DIFFERENT, I MEAN, JOHN, THE APOSTLE, THEY TRIED TO BOIL HIM
IN HOT OIL. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU READ, WAS IT BRENDA, FOX'S BOOK
OF MARTYRS. IF YOU EVER READ THAT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO
READ IT. YOU KNOW, GOD WILL PRESERVE YOU, HE'LL PRESERVE
YOUR LIFE FROM DESTRUCTION. BUT ONE THING THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY
THAT HE'LL PRESERVE YOU FROM IS PERSECUTION. I KNOW WE DON'T
LIKE THAT, BUT. IT SAYS THAT GODLY IN CHRIST WILL SUFFER
PERSECUTION. RIGHT? SO A SOUND HEART IS THE LIFE OF THE FLESH,
BUT ENVY AND BITTERNESS AND UNFORGIVENESS AND ALL THAT, MAN,
IT CAN START AFFECTING YOUR HEALTH. DON'T LET CERTAIN THINGS
AFFECT YOUR HEALTH. ALL RIGHT, NOW I WANNA CLOSE WITH, LET'S
LOOK AT JOHN 13. I'LL JUST GONNA HAVE TO PREACH
ANOTHER 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT REVELATION.
I DON'T MIND PREACHING ON LOVE AGAIN.
WOULD YOU LIKE THAT? WOULD YOU LOVE THAT?
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
WOULD YOU LOVE THAT? NO, I HATE IT. OKAY, ANYWAY, THAT'S FINE,
THAT'S FINE. WE'LL WORK ON YOU. LOOK AT, I WANT YOU TO STAND
YOUR FEET. LOOK AT JOHN 13:34. THIS IS IMPORTANT. JOHN 13:34.
THANK YOU. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE, BY THE WAY, YOU'RE VISITING
TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME? I JUST WANT TO... ANYBODY HERE? THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE. PRAISE GOD. WE APPRECIATE IT. WE LOVE YOU
BEING HERE. I INCORPORATED YOU IN THE MESSAGE THERE. WE LOVE
HAVING YOU. LET'S REALLY TRY. YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT BRENDA
AND I ARE DETERMINING THIS CHRISTMAS IS WE ARE REALLY JUST
WANTING IT TO BE THE BEST CHRISTMAS THAT WE'VE EVER HAD
WITH OUR BOYS WITH EACH OTHER AND I THINK ONE OF THE WAYS THAT
YOU DO THAT IS YOU JUST DETERMINE THAT YOU'RE GONNA WALK
IN LOVE STAY IN LOVE RIGHT, DON'T LET THINGS TRY TO GET AT
YOUR PEACE WE NEED YOUR BOOK BRENDA. SHE'S ALMOST DONE
COMMANDING PEACE SO, ALL RIGHT. NOW LOOK AT THIS SCRIPTURE. I
WANT YOU TO SEE THIS JESUS IS SPEAKING AND SAYS A NEW
COMMANDMENT I GIVE UNTO YOU THAT YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I'VE
LOVED YOU THAT YOU ALSO LOVE WHAT ONE ANOTHER NOT KNOW AND
HOW MANY TIMES HAS HE SAID IT ALREADY HE SAID LOVE WHO HOW
MANY TIMES HAS HE SAID IT TWICE WHO IS HE TALKING ABOUT ONE
ANOTHER NOW LET'S GO ON TO VERSE 35 BY THIS VERSE 35 JESUS
SPEAKING SHALL ALL MEN KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY CHRISTIANS YOU'RE MY
DISCIPLES IF YOU DO WHAT LOVE ONE ANOTHER HOW MANY TIMES DID
HE SAY THAT THREE TIMES SO HE'S TALKING ABOUT THREE TIMES LOVING
WHO ALL RIGHT NOW THIS IS THE MESSAGE THAT I WANT TO SAY TO
YOU NOTICE HE DIDN'T SAY LOVE THE WORLD IN THIS VERSE HE SAID
HE DIDN'T SAY HEY THE WORLD'S GONNA KNOW THAT YOU'RE MY
DISCIPLES IF YOU LOVE THEM PASTOR ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE
SHOULDN'T LOVE THE WORLD NO THE BIBLE SAYS WE'RE TO LOVE OUR
ENEMIES BUT JESUS THREE TIMES IS EMPHASIZING SOMETHING THAT IS
THE REASON THE BIBLE SAYS IN 1 CORINTHIANS 11 THAT THERE'S
PEOPLE THAT TAKE HOLY COMMUNION AND THEY'RE WEAK, THEY'RE SICK,
AND THEY DIE BECAUSE THEY CREATE AND THEY DON'T DISCERN THE
LORD'S BODY. THEY'RE INTO STRIFE, THEY'RE INTO DIVISION,
THEY HATE THEIR BROTHER, THEY CALL OUT THEIR BROTHER, THEY
CALL OUT THEIR SISTER. WE'RE NOT TALKING NANCY PELOSI CHUCK
SCHUMER SHIFTY SHIFT BIG FANNY FANNY OR WHATEVER NAME IS DOWN
IN GEORGIA ELITE ALICIA OR WHATEVER JANE OKAY, NO, THEY
THEY SIDE WITH WICKEDNESS AND I PRAY PRAYERS FOR THEM TO BE
REMOVED BUT BUT HERE'S THE POINT JESUS AIN'T PLAYING WHEN IT
COMES TO ONE ANOTHER HIS BODY FELLOW BRETHREN CHRISTIANS
BROTHERS AND SISTERS HE SAID THREE TIMES YOU ARE COMMANDED TO
LOVE ONE ANOTHER AND HERE'S WHAT PEOPLE DO THEY WILL BE MORE
MERCIFUL AND LOVING TO THE SHIFTY SHIFTS TO THE DRAG
QUEENS, THE HOMOSEXUALS. WE SHOULD LOVE THEM, BUT THEN BE SO
DIVISIVE AGAINST PREACHERS WHO STAND, PEOPLE WHO STAND FOR
MORALS AND TRUTH AND WANT TO HONOR GOD, WANT TO HONOR THEIR
COUNTRY, WANT TO HONOR CHILDREN, WANT TO HONOR BOLDNESS THAT IS
NOT AFRAID TO PUT EVERYTHING ON THE LINE FOR THE SAKE OF
SOMEBODY ELSE, THE CURRENT GENERATION, FUTURE GENERATIONS
AND THEY'LL GET ON AND THEY'LL BE STRIFE RIDDEN. THEY'LL ATTACK
ONE ANOTHER AND BE MORE MERCIFUL AND LOVING TO THE HEATHENS THAN
THEY ARE THEIR FELLOW BROTHER AND SISTER IN CHRIST. AND JESUS
RECOGNIZES IT. AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, GOD HAS
REALLY BEEN DEALING WITH ME. I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO TELL YOU THE
NAME OF IT, BUT I'M WRITING IT. AND THE LORD'S BEEN DEALING WITH
ME, AND I HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT GUILTY OF WHAT I'M
WRITING. BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH HOW WE TREAT THE BODY OF CHRIST.
MOSES, GOD LOVED HIM AS A FRIEND. HE SAW GOD FACE TO FACE,
MAN. GOD WOULD COME DOWN AND MEET WITH THE MAN. AND EVERYBODY
IN THE CHURCH WOULD WATCH AND STAND GOD WITH MAN AND MAN WITH
GOD. AND YET THAT MAN, GOD DIDN'T PLAY FAVORITES. HE STRUCK
THE ROCK AND GOT OUT OF LOVE. AND THE BIBLE SAYS IN 1
CORINTHIANS 10 THAT THAT ROCK THAT HE STRUCK WITH THE STICK
WAS CHRIST. AND IT SAYS YOU'RE NOT TO DO THAT. YOU'RE NOT, YOU
STRUCK GOD IN THE, GOD IN THE MANIFESTATION. WHEN WE RAIL
AGAINST EACH OTHER, WRITE NASTY THINGS, BE UNFORGIVING, AND YET
SO LOVING AND INVITING TO THE WOKE CULTURE AND IN THE NAME OF
TOLERANCE, AND YET I'M LIKE, COME ON, WHAT DO YOU THINK GOD
IS TELLING US RIGHT NOW? IF THE CHURCH WOULD JUST LOVE ONE
ANOTHER AND STAND WITH EACH OTHER, WE WOULD START SEEING A
SHIFT AND A CHANGE THAT REALLY BEGINS TO AFFECT US ON A DEEPER
LEVEL. FATHER, I PRAY FOR YOUR PEOPLE HERE TODAY. AND I ASK
YOU, ME INCLUDED, TO BRING US INTO A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF
HONOR, BUT OF ALSO LOVE. AND FATHER, WE ARE COMMANDED IN
SCRIPTURE TO WALK IN LOVE. AND I PRAY, ME INCLUDED, THAT LORD
THIS WEEK, WE WON'T GET OUT OF THE LOVE WALK. WE'LL BE PATIENT,
WE'LL BE KIND, WE'LL BE GENTLE, WE'LL BE HUMBLE. LORD, WE WILL
LOOK FOR THE GOOD IN OTHERS. AND WE'LL ALLOW THE LOVE OF GOD,
WHICH IS SHED ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS TO NOT ONLY BE TOWARDS
YOU GOD, BUT ALSO TOWARDS OTHERS. I DIDN'T GET TO THE
SCRIPTURE FATHER, BUT THERE IS A SCRIPTURE I'LL SHARE NEXT WEEK
OR AFTER NEXT WEEK THAT TALKS ABOUT WE CAN STRETCH OUR LOVE,
WE CAN GROW IN LOVE AND GOD THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR. AND
I WORSHIP YOU AND I HONOR YOU FOR THAT. NOW I WANT TO DO THIS.
I WANT US JUST TO TAKE A MOMENT. IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN YOUR HEART
THAT YOU NEED TO FORGIVE, JUST SAY THIS, "LORD, I FORGIVE ALL
MEN. I FORGIVE ALL MEN. I HOLD NO GRUDGES, NO UNFORGIVENESS, NO
BITTERNESS IN MY HEART. I FORGIVE ALL MEN." NOW, MAYBE
YOU'RE HERE TODAY OR YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE AND YOU'VE NEVER
ASKED JESUS TO FORGIVE YOU OF YOUR SINS, TO BE THE LORD AND
THE SAVIOR OF YOUR LIFE. I WANT YOU TO BE VERY BOLD. I WANT YOU
TO RAISE YOUR HAND. IF YOU SAY, "PREACHER, THAT'S ME," I WANT TO
BE FORGIVEN. I WANT JESUS TO COME INTO MY HEART AND FORGIVE
MY SINS. IS ANYBODY HERE? RAISE YOUR HAND, BE BOLD. BE BOLD,
ANYBODY HERE? ALL RIGHT, MAYBE ONLINE. LET'S ALL PRAY THIS
PRAYER TOGETHER. SAY, HEAVENLY FATHER, I FORGIVE ALL MEN. AND I
ASK YOU TO FORGIVE ME OF ALL MY SIN. EVERYTHING I'VE EVER DONE.
AND WASHED ME CLEAN THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST. THE BIBLE
SAYS, "WHOEVER CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED." SO
JESUS, I CALL UPON YOU. COME INTO MY HEART, FORGIVE ME OF MY
SINS, AND BE THE LORD OF MY LIFE. AND I'LL SERVE YOU THIS
DAY AND ALL THE LONG DAYS OF MY ENTIRE LIFE. AMEN. PASTOR KEITH,
DO YOU JUST HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS OR ARE YOU GOOD? ALL RIGHT,
WELL, YOU'RE GOOD. SO I BLESS YOU IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER,
IN THE NAME OF THE SON, AM I SUPPOSED TO GO THIS WAY? AND
IN THE NAME OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. I'LL SEE YOU AT
THE PULSE AND ON FLASHPOINT. GOD BLESS YOU.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)